A deputy hired in 2018 by the Philadelphia Sheriff's Office was fired and arrested earlier this month for allegedly selling drugs and guns to an FBI confidential informant, feds say.
A Philadelphia sheriff's deputy is charged with selling methamphetamine and guns to a confidential FBI informant, the U.S. Attorney's office for eastern Pennsylvania said Thursday.
The suspect, Samir Ahmad, was hired by the city Sheriff's Office in February 2018. The current sheriff, Rochelle Bilal, said in a statement after his arrest was announced that Ahmad joined prior to Bilal taking over the elected office. “As alleged, Samir Ahmad abused his authority – to the greatest extent possible – as a sworn law enforcement officer,” U.S. Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero said in a statement. “The defendant was allegedly illegally selling firearms on the street to at least one person who was not permitted to possess them, adding fuel to the already-incendiary fire of deadly gun violence in the City of Philadelphia.
In court documents, prosecutors allege two of the guns Ahmad sold to an FBI informant on Oct. 13 were involved in the Roxborough High School shooting after a football scrimmage that killed 14-year-old Nicolas Elizalde.
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