A Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper, Mark D. Williams, has been arrested and charged after the Tennessee Bureau of Investigator’s Drug Investigation Division caught him buying hydrocodone, a schedule II controlled substance, from Elliot Goode, a suspected drug dealer, on June 19. According to the TBI, Williams was on duty and in his THP uniform during the transaction.
Williams and Goode were arrested and taken to Lauderdale County Jail. While Williams was given a $10,000 bond, Goode’s bond was set at $7,500.
WMC Action News 5 – Memphis, Tennessee
Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security officials have placed Williams on discretionary leave with pay, pending the ongoing criminal investigation by the TBI and an internal investigation by the department’s Inspectional Services Bureau.
“We have cooperated fully with the TBI on this investigation and acted quickly to take immediate administrative action. While disheartening, the alleged actions of this one trooper are not representative of the THP as a whole,” Commissioner Bill Gibbons said.
“We expect more of our state troopers and are disappointed in this situation. The allegations will be investigated thoroughly by TBI and internally, and we will take the appropriate action based on the outcome,” THP Colonel Trott added.
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