Homeland Security agents charged after allegedly selling drugs confiscated as evidence

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Source: The Independent

Friday 03 January 2025 22:57 GMT


A pair of Department of Homeland Security agents have been accused of using a confidential informant to sell illegal drugs that had been seized as evidence.

DHS special agents Nicholas Kindle and David Cole, who worked in Utah, will both face charges stemming from the alleged narcotics trafficking scheme. Cole was arrested three weeks ago after he was indicted by a grand jury in December. Kindle was arrested this week.

Federal prosecutors allege that both Kindle and Cole abused their authority, using their access to illicit drugs seized in evidence in their scheme under the false pretense that the drugs would be used as part of legitimate investigations.

Kindle and Cole allegedly began the scheme in 2021. Prosecutors claim the pair also stole thousands of dollars of cash, a diamond ring, and an antique from Peru from law enforcement evidence lockups.

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/crime/dhs-agent-charged-for-selling-evidence-drugs-b2673529.html

[C0RI0LANUS]

1. Two wasted lives and careers.

Special Agents from Homeland Security can earn between $127,000 to
$199,000 per year with LEAP overtime and retire at age 57 after 20 years of service.

These two schmucks threw all that away.

Source:

https://www.glassdoor.com/Salary/US-Department-of-Homeland-Security-Special-Agent-Salaries-E34085_D_KO35,48.htm

[DoBW]

5. F%ck 'em....nt

[C0RI0LANUS]

8. ...

[Magoo48]

2. Why does DHS still exist?

[Midnight Writer]

3. Sounds like a management problem. They can't secure their evidence lockups?

It should not be that difficult to store evidence securely. Proper procedures and enforced adherence to those procedures is the key.

Remember, if they can steal evidence, they can tamper with evidence. That is what should scare us the most.

I reckon Trump and Elon will fix this, what with all their high-level management experience.

[JohnnyRingo]

4. Hello! ...It's called recycling.

I grew up in the '60s and nothing got wasted except ourselves.
Trust me, I've seen a roach get cooked down to get a whole carful high.

[NotHardly]

6. Tell me you're incapable of supervision w/o saying you can't supervise squat

[NotHardly]

7. PS: only two? Let me guess what you cannot or will not investigate.

...Thousands of equally corrupt agents.

[RussBLib]

9. this kinda crap has gone on in police departments forEVER

...and you know there were thieves throughout history who might have been in positions of high rank and authority.

These kinds of folks should get extra punishment for betraying the public trust.

https://russblib.blogspot.com

[pfitz59]

10. Living beyond their means.

I bet there are girlfriends, exes and perhaps boyfriends mixed up in this.