A former Oakland County reserve deputy sheriff was sentenced Tuesday in federal court in downtown Detroit to four years and one month in prison for distributing prescription opioids prescribed to him.
Authorities charged that Daniel Vasquez, 61, got 1,500 Oxycodone pills per month in addition to Hydrocodone and other pain-relied medication. Instead of taking the drugs his doctor prescribed, he sold them in the community, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.
Over five years, he distributed more than 30,000 Oxycodone pills on the street. That's one of the most diverted controlled substances in Metro Detroit.
“The vast majority of Michigan’s reserve police officers are outstanding public servants, but unfortunately, this one individual decided to violate his oath by selling deadly pills and harming the very community that he was tasked to protect,” said U.S. Attorney Matthew Snyder in a statement.
"The facts of this case are especially troubling to those of us in law enforcement," said Timonthy Slater, head of the Detroit FBI.
