Detroit police officer sentenced to 80 months in prison for abandoned vehicle towing scheme
By David Komer online producer
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DETROIT (FOX 2) - A former Detroit Police Department officer was sentenced to about six and a half years, or 80 months in federal prison following convictions for extortion on Tuesday, said Acting United States Attorney Saima Mohsin.
Deonne Dotson, 49, was convicted after an 8-day jury trial before United States District Judge Robert H. Cleland. The trial was conducted in November 2019, but Dotson’s sentencing was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Dotson accepted bribes from owners and operators of automobile collision shops in exchange for referring stolen and abandoned vehicles recovered in the City of Detroit to their shops.
Former Detroit cop sentenced in collision shop extortion scheme
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Former Detroit police department officer sentenced to 80 months in federal prison for extortion
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