Accused cops waive pot hearing
Sean Alivera and Christopher Luciano remain in jail today on $1 million bail each. The two Philadelphia Police Officers were arrested last month in a drug sting.
Alivera, 31, and Luciano, 23 were partners in Kensington’s 25th District when the reportedly detained a drug dealer with a plan to steal the man’s marijuana and subsequently sell it to another dealer for distribution.
But Alivera and Luciano were detaining an undercover officer as part of a sting operation. The two waived the preliminary hearing based on the significant amount of evidence against them, the Inquirer reports.
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