Cop Awaits Sentencing For Embezzling Drug Cash; Used Some To Avoid Foreclosure

In Georgia, the Atlanta Journal Constitution reports on the story of Brenton Garman, a former captain with the Bartow County Sheriff's Office who has pleaded guilty of embezzling $80,000 from the Sheriff's office and currently awaits sentencing:

• While in charge of the narcotics unit, Garmon was supposed to be putting money seized during drug busts into a safety deposit box. Instead, he pocketed $80,493 for himself between 2004 and 2007, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. Garmon had apparently been having money problems. He used some of the money to avoid foreclosure on his home after his monthly payments ballooned because of an adjustable-rate mortgage, prosecutors said. He pleaded guilty to embezzlement in February.

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• "Brenton Garmon was probably one of the best drug investigators I've ever seen," Sheriff [Clark] Millsap said. "He could work dope like the best of them."

For the story, see Father, son fall from grace breaking law they once served.