Posted: 5/16/2009 8:15:57 AM EDT
So long Buford! You will finally be among your peers! 
linky Ex-South Bend police officer Buford sentenced to 6 years in prison By PABLO ROS Tribune Staff Writer HAMMOND — Jamie Buford, a former South Bend police officer, was taken into custody today after a hearing in U.S. District Court, a Tribune reporter at the scene reports. Buford will have to serve six years in prison for crimes related to wire fraud and carrying a firearm during drug trafficking. Unlike Andrew Taghon, who was sentenced Wednesday in the same court in on related charges, Buford spoke in court, apologized to his family and said something good would come from this. “I was an outstanding police officer for 15 years,” he said. “I did a lot of good for my community.” Federal authorities have yet to decide where Buford will serve his sentence. SBT24/7 News Desk staff contributed to this report. For more on this story, see Friday's South Bend Tribune. |
