witchlinblue
05-20-2005, 10:06 PM
I think if Sylvestre Acosta or Paul Skinner has ever given evidence at a trial of anyone's loved one, it may be worth it to read this and then get your loved one a lawyer;
In Buffalo, former narcotics detective Sylvestre Acosta was sentenced to 45 years in prison May 11 for stealing money from drug suspects, planting evidence, and providing false information to obtain search warrants. Acosta was one of several Buffalo Police Department detectives arrested in a 2003 corruption probe. Detective Paul Skinner was convicted of federal civil rights violations in the case along with Acosta in December. He faces a May 27 sentencing date.
In Buffalo, former narcotics detective Sylvestre Acosta was sentenced to 45 years in prison May 11 for stealing money from drug suspects, planting evidence, and providing false information to obtain search warrants. Acosta was one of several Buffalo Police Department detectives arrested in a 2003 corruption probe. Detective Paul Skinner was convicted of federal civil rights violations in the case along with Acosta in December. He faces a May 27 sentencing date.