Former Miami Cop Gets 15 Years In Drug Trafficking Plot

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MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) — Former Miami police officer Schonton Harris, who pleaded guilty with conspiring with other officers to possess cocaine, has been sentenced to 15 ½ years in prison.

Investigators say Harris provided police protection for what she believed were large shipments of cocaine on three occasions last September and October. She received a cash payment of $17,000. The deliveries were arranged by undercover FBI agents.

Schonton Harris (Source: Miami Police)

Cases are still pending against two other former Miami officers, Kelvin Harris and James Archibald.

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