Gloucester Twp. Officer Cops to Drug Charge, Loses Job
Thomas Eden is now an ex-Gloucester Township Police officer after his plea to a drug charge stemming from an April 2012 arrest.
A Gloucester Township Police officer accused of buying drugs on the job pleaded guilty to a lesser charge Thursday and immediately lost his job. Thomas Eden Jr., 31, of Sicklerville, reportedly bought prescription drugs while on duty in April 2012. A tip to police led officers to the Howard Johnson motel on the Black Horse Pike, where Eden—on duty, in uniform and driving a police cruiser—purchased oxycodone and Percocet pills from an undercover informant. Eden pleaded guilty to third-degree possession of a controlled dangerous substance. While he’ll learn his sentence on Feb. 22, his plea deal calls for noncustodial probation. Eden also had to forfeit his position as a police officer, effective today, and cannot hold public office in New …
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Debbie Shinn
10:53 am on Friday, February 22, 2013
Unfortunately, big-pharma, doctors and our very health-care system have become the pushers. People don't start taking these drugs for kicks, they are prescribed, over prescibed and people get hooked under the care of thier own doctor. THEN, once someone is hooked, we turn around and walk away until something like this. THEN, we have plenty to say... more ›