Man arrested by fired Raleigh police officer wants conviction overturned
HOUR WITH A LOOK AT FUTURE CAST
IN LESS THAN 15 MINUTES.
>>> A MAN IS IN JAIL FOR
SELLING COCAINE AND HE WANTS
HIS CONVICTION OVERTURNED
CLAIMING HE WAS FRAMED BY A
RALEIGH POLICE DETECTIVE.
IT IS THE SAME DETECTIVE FIRED
BY RPD LAST YEAR AFTER MAKING
MORE THAN A DOZEN BOGUS DRUG
ARRESTS.
JOE FISHER HAS BEEN FOLLOWING
THIS STORY FOR MONTHS NOW AND
JOINS US LIVE AT THE WAKE
COUNTY JUSTICE CENTER WITH THE
LATEST TWIST.
>>> DEBORAH, THIS DETECTIVE
WORKING WITH THE SAME
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT ARRESTED
15 MEN WHO WERE LATER RELEASED
BECAUSE THE DRUGS THAT THEY
THOUGHT WERE HEROIN WERE
ACTUALLY NO CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE AT ALL.
THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER
SUSPECTS SITTING IN JAIL RIGHT
NOW BASED OFF OF INFORMATION
USED BY THAT SAME CONFIDENTIAL
INFORMANT.
WAKE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY
HAS AGREED TO REVIEW ALL OF THE
CASES INVOLVING THIS CI BUT
THAT REVIEW APPEARS TO BE SLOW
GOING.
>>> JUST OUTSIDE DOWNTOWN
RALEIGH IS WHERE DAVID WEAVER
WAS ARREST DID 3 1/2 YEARS AGO
AFTER POLICE SAY HE SOLD
COCAINE TO A CONFIDENTIAL
INFORMANT.
HE HAS BEEN IN JAIL EVER SINCE,
CLAIMING THE COCAINE WAS
PLANTED ON HIM BY A DETECTIVE
DURING THIS SEARCH AFTER HIS
ARREST.
THE DETECTIVE AND INFORMANT
INVOLVED ARE FAMILIAR NAMES.
THEY HAVE SINCE BEEN LINKED TO
15 BOGUS DRUG ARRESTS.
IT COST THE DETECTIVE HIS JOB
AND PUT THE INFORMANT BEHIND
BARS FOR TURNING OVER FAKE
DRUGS.
WRAL SPOKE TO WAKE COUNTY DA
LAUREN FREEMAN IN SEPTEMBER.
>> HAS YOUR OFFICE TAKEN ANY
STEPS TO REVIEW PREVIOUS CASES
BY THE OFFICER?
>> AT THIS POINT, WHAT WE HAVE
DONE IS TAKE STEPS TO LOOK AT
PREVIOUS CASES USING THIS
CONFIDENTIAL INFORMANT.
>> Reporter: BUT FIVE MONTHS
LATER, FREEMAN SAYS THE REVIEW
IS STILL ONGOING.
SAYING WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF
REVIEWING MR. WEAVER'S CASE.
IT REMAINS OUR INTENT TO LOOK
AT OTHER CASES INVOLVING THIS
CI.
WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING
TO IDENTIFY THOSE CASES WITH
THE ASSISTANCE OF RPD.
THIS WEEK, A JUDGE RULED RPD
MUST TURN OVER THE DRUG BY
VIDEO TO WEAVER'S ATTORNEY WHO
TELLS WRAL HE PLANS TO USE THE
VIDEO TO HELP OVERTURN
WEAVER'S CONVICTION.
AND TONIGHT WE'RE HEARING FROM
DAVID WEAVER'S FAMILY.
HIS SISTER RELEASING A
STATEMENT THAT WE CAN READ IN
PART, THE INJUSTICE IN MY
BROTHER'S CRIMINAL CASE HAS
BEEN IMPACTING OUR ENTIRE
FAMILY NEGATIVELY.
IT HAS BEEN HURT ALL.
CITIZENS OF RALEIGH EXPECT FOR
OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AND LAW
ENFORCEMENT TO ABIDE BY THE
ETHICS, PRINCIPLES, MORAL
STANDARDS AND VALUES THAT THEY
TOOK AN OATH FOR.
WEAVER IS SCHEDULED TO BE
RELEASED FROM JAIL THIS MONTH,
BUT HIS FAMILY IS STILL FOCUSED
ON CLEARING HIS NAME ALTOGETHER.
I DID REACH OUT TO THE
DETECTIVE ALONG WITH HIS
ATTORNEY, WE HAVE NOT HEARD
BACK.
>> WE KNOW YOU WILL KEEP