BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - A former New York City police officer has pleaded guilty to a drug conspiracy charge in Vermont.
A lawyer for Andre Clarke, of the Bronx, says Clarke changed his plea in federal court in Burlington on Monday because he wanted to take responsibility for what he did.
The 37-year-old Clarke was indicted last summer along with two other men who have pleaded not guilty to the charges and they are awaiting trial.
Prosecutors say Clarke supplied Oxycodone to a co-defendant from Valley Stream, New York, who in turn supplied the pills to a Burlington man between 2011 and June 2014.
Clarke resigned in April; he had been a police officer since 2002. He’s due in court for sentencing on Aug. 29 and faces up to 20 years in prison.
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