PA State Trooper arrested on drug charges A Pennsylvania State Trooper has been charged with buying and selling drugs from an undercover agent. Share Shares Copy Link Copy

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WEBVTT ALL DAY AND SHE HAS AN UPDATE TONIGHT. SUSAN: STATE POLICE SUSPENDED TROOPER JOSE LEBRON FROM HIS JOB HERE AT THE AVONDALE BARRACKS WITHOUT PAY NOW THAT HE IS FACING DRUG CHARGES. THEY SAY THE EIGHT-YEAR VETERAN BOUGHT COCAINE FROM A CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT FOR HIS OWN USE, AND ALSO GAVE THE C.I. DRUGS. STATE POLICE ARRESTED THE 37-YEAR-OLD FRIDAY HERE AT THE NEW GARDEN SHOPPING CENTER IN KENNETT SQUARE. HE IS CHARGED WITH POSSESSION OF DRUGS AND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA. COURT PAPERS INDICATE HE WAS CAUGHT IN THE ACT OF BUYING 3.5 GRAMS OF COCAINE FROM THE C.I. AND PAYING HIM CASH. THE C.I. TOLD INVESTIGATORS LEBRON'S PURCHASES WERE TYPICALLY FROM 1/16 OF A GRAM TO AN "EIGHT BALL." HE ALSO SAID HE OBSERVED LEBRON USING COCAINE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS IN PENNSYLVANIA AND DELAWARE. THE TROOPER, WHO LIVES IN

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