CHP cop gets 5 years for stealing cocaine

SANTA ANA, Calif. Joshua Blackburn received the sentence Tuesday in Superior Court after admitting he broke into a CHP evidence locker on Dec. 21 and took 64 kilos of cocaine.

Blackburn, a seven-year department veteran, pleaded guilty to several drug and burglary charges. He was fired soon after his arrest.

The evidence was recovered and the underlying criminal case is still pending.


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