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Operation Tarnished Shield was a three-year sting operation by the FBI and Tennessee Highway Patrol to root out corruption in Cookeville, Tennessee, which included the arrest of two former law enforcement officers. ==Sting operation== The FBI had an undercover agent who posed as a member of a Chicago based drug and money laundering organization. At the start of the investigation the scheme was to defraud automobile insurance companies. Agents later learned law enforcement officers in the area were willing to transport drugs and drug money. Jones and Middlebrook assisted in the transportation of the drugs and drug money as well as recruited local law enforcement officers to transport thousands of dollars believed to be proceeds of illegal drugs. Middlebrook also laundered $650,000 in purported drug proceeds after Middlebrook, Martin and Williamson transported the cocaine. Scott, holding himself out as a deputy jailor with the Putnam County Sheriff's Office, transported $50,000 in purported illegal proceeds from Nashville to Cookeville. He told undercover agents he was still an active deputy and wore his sheriff's department jacket to the meeting. After an undercover investigation by federal and state authorities that lasted almost three years, four law enforcement officials, which includes one former White County deputy, as well as four civilians, were arrested for charges ranging from distributing cocaine to money laundering. Those charged in the sting included: • Reno Martin, police officer with Cookeville Police Department, at various times assigned to road patrol, Drug Task Force and Community Nuisance Eradication • Gregory Dale Scott, jailer with Putnam County Sheriff Department • Darrell Thomas Jones • Ronald Middlebrook, auto body shop owner • Troy Bell • Robin Blaskis, certified public accountant • Jason Blythe, police officer with Cookeville Police Department 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Operation Tarnished Shield」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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