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.

    • WHYY thanks our sponsors — become a WHYY sponsor

    WHYY is your source for fact-based, in-depth journalism and information. As a nonprofit organization, we rely on financial support from readers like you. Please give today.

    Want a digest of WHYY’s programs, events & stories? Sign up for our weekly newsletter.

    Together we can reach 100% of WHYY’s fiscal year goal