David Busemeyer, a West Chester police officer, after spending 10 years of his life in the police force, was arrested for various charges. The ex police officer was taken into custody after he quit his job and admitted giving the inside information on undercover police investigation to the drug dealers of the area of Cincinnati. He proclaims to have made few bad decisions in his life that led to his involvement with the morally degraded world of drug dealing. He also told the truth of excessive drug abuse during his life even as a police officer.
Busemeyer discloses of exposing the identity of an undercover confidential informer of the DEA (drug enforcement administration) to the drug dealer, putting his life in dangerous circumstances, which he never at that time even considered thinking about. He is also charged of evidence tampering to which he has been pleaded guilty.
Currently, under the treatment of steroid abuse at the Taylor Hooter foundation, that helps in the treatment of steroid addicted individuals. The foundation reported that the ex undercover narcotic officer had admitted the use of steroids since his time in college and it continued even subsequent to joining the police forces. He highlighted the reason that he was able to continue steroid abuse without being caught even as a police officer was due to the lack of steroid testing in the police drug testing policies. According to HOOTS, Busemeyer also claims that while he worked as an undercover narcotic officer that he came across many individuals with steroids and had let them go without making any arrest.
Judge Keith Spaeth, who looks upon this case stated that police officer guilty of misconduct, was to be treated more harshly but due to the current sentencing guidelines, the court could not mandate the prison time.
The court, after finding David Busemeyer guilty, ordered him to pay a fine of $20000, with 3 years in probation and 6 month of jail time but the court did allow him to continue his treatment of drug abuse.
