MIAMI (AP) — One of the nation's most prolific federal narcotics prosecutors flouted ethics rules last year when he drunkenly handed his business card to
FILE - In this image from video provided by the Tampa Police Department, Joseph Ruddy, a prosecutor with the U.S. Attorney's Office in Tampa, hands his business card to Officer Taylor Grant, outside his home in Temple Terrace, Fla., on the evening of July 4, 2023.
A one-page summary published Wednesday by the Justice Department’s Office of Inspector General doesn’t name Ruddy but substantiated allegations that an assistant U.S. attorney “engaged in misuse of position” when he provided his work credentials unsolicited. And last year, the Justice Department confirmed that it was referring Ruddy’s case to the inspector general’s office.
“While we cannot comment on specific personnel matters, the Department of Justice holds all personnel, including its assistant U.S. attorneys, to the highest standards of personal and professional conduct,” the department said in a statement. “We take all allegations of misconduct by Department personnel seriously and take appropriate action where warranted.”, or PANEX — a task force launched in 2000 to target cocaine smuggling at sea, combining resources from the U.S.
But the majority of cases handled out of his office involve mostly poor fishermen from Central and South America who make up the drug trade’s lowest rungs. Often, the drugs aren’t even bound for U.S. shores and the constitutional guarantees of due process that normally apply in criminal cases inside the U.S. are only loosely observed.
“We had no witnesses who could testify to seeing Mr. Ruddy behind the wheel during the incident, which is a key factor in proving DUI cases,” said Erin Maloney, spokeswoman for the state attorney’s office in Hillsborough County, which includes Tampa. “This outcome ensures the defendant is still held accountable.”
When officers arrived at Ruddy’s home in the Tampa suburb of Temple Terrace, they found him hunched over his pickup, holding his keys and using the vehicle for support, a police report said. Officers noted that he had urinated on himself, was unable to walk without help and failed a field sobriety test.
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