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Ex-Davidson Officer Says in Affidavit Man Was Framed, Threatened
Greensboro
More than 30 drug defendants have had charges dismissed or convictions overturned since the officers investigating their cases were charged in December with distributing drugs.
But a request by Terrence Maurice Barriet breaks new ground in the case of the former Davidson County narcotics officers. Included with the motion is an affidavit from one of the officers, admitting that the crack cocaine used as evidence against Barriet was planted.
"Terrence Maurice Barriet did not have drugs on his person or property on May 22, 1999," former officer David Scott Woodall said in the affidavit.
"The crack cocaine was provided ... in order to facilitate an arrest ... that would result in prison sentence for Terrence Maurice Barriet."
Woodall also said in the affidavit that Barriet was threatened "to not give trouble to the case, or his wife would be victimized also."
Woodall said he was giving the statement without any favors being offered. He also offered to testify in court.
U.S. Attorney Anna Mills Wagoner's office has requested and received two 30-day extensions to respond to Barriet's motion. Lynn Klauer, a spokeswoman for the office, declined to comment on the matter.
Barriet is serving a 10-year term at the Federal Correctional Institution in Manchester, Ky. It is the same prison where Woodall - a former lieutenant with the Davidson County sheriff's department - is serving a 27-year sentence.
Woodall was one of four law-enforcement officers and two others sentenced in July in federal court on charges of extortion and conspiring to distribute cocaine, marijuana, Ecstasy and anabolic steroids.
Three of the four were officers with the Davidson County sheriff's department.
In May, two months after Woodall pleaded guilty to the conspiracy charges, Barriet filed a motion to vacate his sentence. Barriet is serving as his own attorney. He renewed the motion in August after running into procedural delays.
Barriet, 32, has had 10 years of trouble with the law. He worked as a jailer for about eight months in 1992, but resigned after being falsely accused of selling drugs, according to a court document.
In the 10 years since, he has been charged with several offenses, including possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia, carrying a concealed weapon and assault on a female.
In May 1999, narcotics officers from the sheriff's office came to Barriet's home with a search warrant.
According to court papers, Barriet said that Woodall and three other officers entered his apartment and said they had found 7 grams of cocaine in his 1992 Lexus. Two of those officers - Lt. Douglas Edward Westmoreland and Sgt. William Monroe Rankin, both of the Davidson County sheriff's department - were sentenced along with Woodall in July.
Pubdate: Tue, 26 Nov 2002
Source: Winston-Salem Journal (NC)
Copyright: 2002 Piedmont Publishing Co. Inc.
Contact: letters@wsjournal.com
Website: journalnow.com | Winston-Salem News, Sports, Entertainment, Politics, Classifieds
Greensboro
More than 30 drug defendants have had charges dismissed or convictions overturned since the officers investigating their cases were charged in December with distributing drugs.
But a request by Terrence Maurice Barriet breaks new ground in the case of the former Davidson County narcotics officers. Included with the motion is an affidavit from one of the officers, admitting that the crack cocaine used as evidence against Barriet was planted.
"Terrence Maurice Barriet did not have drugs on his person or property on May 22, 1999," former officer David Scott Woodall said in the affidavit.
"The crack cocaine was provided ... in order to facilitate an arrest ... that would result in prison sentence for Terrence Maurice Barriet."
Woodall also said in the affidavit that Barriet was threatened "to not give trouble to the case, or his wife would be victimized also."
Woodall said he was giving the statement without any favors being offered. He also offered to testify in court.
U.S. Attorney Anna Mills Wagoner's office has requested and received two 30-day extensions to respond to Barriet's motion. Lynn Klauer, a spokeswoman for the office, declined to comment on the matter.
Barriet is serving a 10-year term at the Federal Correctional Institution in Manchester, Ky. It is the same prison where Woodall - a former lieutenant with the Davidson County sheriff's department - is serving a 27-year sentence.
Woodall was one of four law-enforcement officers and two others sentenced in July in federal court on charges of extortion and conspiring to distribute cocaine, marijuana, Ecstasy and anabolic steroids.
Three of the four were officers with the Davidson County sheriff's department.
In May, two months after Woodall pleaded guilty to the conspiracy charges, Barriet filed a motion to vacate his sentence. Barriet is serving as his own attorney. He renewed the motion in August after running into procedural delays.
Barriet, 32, has had 10 years of trouble with the law. He worked as a jailer for about eight months in 1992, but resigned after being falsely accused of selling drugs, according to a court document.
In the 10 years since, he has been charged with several offenses, including possession of drugs and drug paraphernalia, carrying a concealed weapon and assault on a female.
In May 1999, narcotics officers from the sheriff's office came to Barriet's home with a search warrant.
According to court papers, Barriet said that Woodall and three other officers entered his apartment and said they had found 7 grams of cocaine in his 1992 Lexus. Two of those officers - Lt. Douglas Edward Westmoreland and Sgt. William Monroe Rankin, both of the Davidson County sheriff's department - were sentenced along with Woodall in July.
Pubdate: Tue, 26 Nov 2002
Source: Winston-Salem Journal (NC)
Copyright: 2002 Piedmont Publishing Co. Inc.
Contact: letters@wsjournal.com
Website: journalnow.com | Winston-Salem News, Sports, Entertainment, Politics, Classifieds
