June 2010 News Briefs

LEE COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA – Former Lee County sheriff E.J. Melvin faces possible federal and state drug charges which allege that he sold drugs from his police vehicle. Melvin is accused of extorting money from drug dealers and tipping them off.
MEXICO – Mexican authorities are extraditing drug suspects to the United States for prosecution on a pace in 2010 that will exceed last year’s record of 117.
SACRAMENTO – The California Highway Patrol has arrested one of its own on a variety of drug and weapons charges. Ruben Salgado, 37, a 12-year veteran of the dept., was charged with six felony counts, including possession and transportation of a controlled substance and possession of a weapon during the commission of a felony.