DUE IN COURT: Former Boston police officer Mel Steele is accused of lying to the FBI regarding his role in looking up a license plate number for a gang member.
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[From article]
The former Boston gang cop charged with lying to the FBI when they questioned him about looking up a license plate number to an undercover police car for a gang member is expected to plead guilty in December.
Mel Steele, 36, is planning to plead guilty to one count of lying to the FBI on Dec. 1, according to a filing in U.S. District Court in Boston.
Steele worked in the Youth Violence Strike Force from 2007 to 2011, police said. He was assigned to Jamaica Plain’s Area E-13 station until, officials said, he resigned Oct. 17.
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His annual pay was $72,000.
According to the FBI, Steele was friends with a member of the Academy Homes street gang known for drug dealing and its violent feuds with a gang from Heath Street.
“Steele allegedly used his BPD computer to run a license plate check on a vehicle which was later determined to be a unmarked BPD vehicle who was conducting surveillance on (Academy),” according to court documents.
http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2014/11/ex_gang_cop_expected_to_plead_guilty_dec_1
Ex-gang cop expected to plead guilty Dec. 1
Friday, November 7, 2014
By: O’Ryan Johnson
Boston Herald
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