Officer Daniel Capehart (New MexicoSP) was arrested in 2018 and federally charged with drug trafficking crimes; prosecutors say he stole seized drugs while on duty and gave them to women he was romantically interested in, including delivering marijuana to a 16-year-old in exchange for dropping her friend’s citations, all while using his position as a state trooper — he was taken into custody and later indicted for distributing marijuana and methamphetamines under color of authority:contentReference[oaicite:36]{index=36}:contentReference[oaicite:37]{index=37}.
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