Police officers accused of extorting cash, pot from drivers
March 13, 2021
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FILE - In this Sept. 21, 2018, file photo, Commander Aaron Johnson, of the Rohnert Park Police Department takes questions from the media during a news conference in Sacramento, Calif. Two former Rohnert Park police officers face extortion charges for allegedly pulling over motorists on a Northern California highway and taking their marijuana and money under threat of arrest, federal prosecutors said. Brendon Jacy Tatum and Joseph Huffaker were part of a team of officers assigned to seize illegal drugs from drivers on a stretch of U.S. 101 in Sonoma County north of San Francisco, according to a statement Friday from the U.S. Attorney s Office.Rich Pedroncelli/AP