Evidence
The Smith County Constable Office in Troup, Texas was missing drugs, money, firearms, appliances, and liquor from their evidence locker recently. They got caught, finally, after years of complaints, when one of their officers showed up in court with a case of Keystone Light he had taken off a teenager. Turns out the teenager drank Coors. After much story telling and backing and filling, it turned out that the dept regularly drank whatever got confiscated and bought newer stuff to replace it when they went to trial, so to save the space in the evidence locker.
They fully thought this explanation would fly.
Everyone suspended, no arrests or prosecutions. Lots of drugs missing. Rumor is that the Constables had the best dope for sale. Cash money? Are you kidding? Maybe those complaining of money being stolen from them and never booked in WEREN'T just a bunch of lying troublemaking civilians.
Our County Sheriff used to run a private bank account which he refused to account for when it finally came to light. Over the years he had run hundreds of thousands of dollars through the account he called the "Dog and Horse fund." One of the ways he funded his secret account was by sale of US government surplus equipment given to the dept by his rich uncle Sam. The sale items included several hundred shotguns . The ATF told him to "be more careful next time" when that story came out, but that there would be no charges or prosecution.
