Deputy Marvin Morales resigned from the department in February 2024, according to a letter included in the report, citing "personal reasons" amid the internal investigation.
In August 2023, Morales confiscated a glass narcotics smoking pipe and issued a misdemeanor citation for the possession of narcotics paraphernalia. In his report, Morales lied, according to the sheriff's office findings, when he said he "safely disposed of the glass pipe at the Central Area Station."
Morales said the use of methamphetamine "gave him the 'energy' he needed to write in-custody reports.
Hours later, Morales is seen on security camera footage at the sheriff's office Central Area Station entering a public bathroom, closed to the public at the time. Moments later, another deputy finds Morales unconscious on the floor of the bathroom in possession of the suspected meth he seized earlier the same day.
Deputies began life-saving measures including issuing multiple doses of naloxone, or Narcon, before transporting Morales to the hospital.
In the sheriff's internal review, it was found that Morales "used his position of authority to confiscate narcotics and narcotics paraphernalia from members of the public and held them accountable for the violations."
Morales' actions are described in one file as "shockingly atrocious." The recommendation from the sheriff's office was that Morales' employment be terminated.
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