Former Minneapolis Police Officer Sentenced in Drug Case

MINNNEAPOLIS (AP) — A former Minneapolis police officer convicted of stealing medication from individuals throughout doubtful visitors stops was sentenced Wednesday to greater than three years in jail.

Ty Jindra, 29, was discovered responsible in November of stealing Tramadol, methamphetamine and oxycodone. In two circumstances he filed false stories and in a single case he failed to say that he had found drugs, prosecutors stated.

Jindra was additionally convicted of two civil rights violations, as soon as for stopping a driver at a service station for a tag violation and as soon as for pulling over three juveniles in a car that slowly rolled via a cease signal. Each occasions he was accused of conducting unlawful searches.

Choose Donovan Frank, who sentenced Jindra to 38 months in jail, stated any lesser time period could be “disrespectful to the legislation,” however praised Jindra for in search of remedy for his drug habit. Jindra declined to remark afterward, the Star Tribune reported.

Aaron Morrison, Jindra’s lawyer, stated in a presentence temporary that Jindra suffered trauma from his expertise as a soldier in Iraq and as a police officer, main him to abuse the prescription drug Xanax, an anti-anxiety remedy. He later moved on to avenue medication.

Jindra has discovered from his errors and can carry the message of sobriety to different first responders and navy veterans like himself, Morrison stated.

Assistant U.S. Legal professional Michelle E. Jones wrote in a sentencing memorandum that the court docket ought to “give little or no weight to Jindra’s conveniently timed expression of contrition.”

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