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Former Hidalgo County deputy gets 11 years for drug scheme
Posted: 03.22.2012 at 9:59 AM
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Read more:  Local, Crime, News, Heriberto Diaz, Omar Salazar, Joel Duncan, Jorge Duncan, Drug Scheme, Marijuana, Corruption, Drug Raids, Fake Drug Raids, Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office, Hidalgo County, Rio Grande Valley, Texas

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MCALLEN, TEXAS (AP) -- A former sheriff's deputy in South Texas has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for trying to acquire and sell marijuana.

A federal judge in McAllen on Wednesday sentenced 41-year-old Heriberto Diaz of San Juan.

Jurors in October convicted the former Hidalgo County sheriff's investigator of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana.

Authorities say Diaz lied on numerous offense reports to hide his drug activity.

Prosecutors say he also stole more than 350 pounds of marijuana from an alleged dealer by threatening to expose the operation.

(Copyright ©2012 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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