She'll never make sargeant at this rate...
Once again, a woman led astray by a bad man...
HOUSTON -- A rookie Houston police officer was arrested on charges of selling large quantities of marijuana during her off-hours, KPRC Local 2 reported Thursday.
Internal Affairs Division and SWAT officers arrested Officer Traci Tennarse, 29, on Wednesday night in a room at La Quinta on Interstate 10 East at Federal Road. She's charged with felony delivery of marijuana and will face a judge on Friday.
Investigators told KPRC Local 2 that some street-level dope users were arrested recently and they said the officer had been selling pot in her off-hours.
Assistant District Attorney Anna Emmons said, "We know she had been doing this for a while."
Undercover HPD Internal Affairs Proactive Unit officers met with her after she got off duty.
In court papers, they accuse her of taking cash and then delivering two bundles of marijuana during an undercover sting that was organized Wednesday night.
"The confidential informant gave Officer Tennarse $17,000 in buy money and asked for 50 pounds of marijuana," Emmons said.
She's accused of taking the money to her boyfriend with whom she was living.
Prosecutors describe him as a habitual felon with a rap sheet that includes drugs, auto theft, assault and other convictions.
