PALISADES PARK, N.J. (AP) - A New Jersey police officer who has been arrested twice on drug charges has been fired for refusing to take a drug test.
Richard Giacobone had been suspended without pay from the Palisades Park force since November 2017, after anabolic steroids, cocaine, marijuana and high-capacity ammunition magazines were allegedly found at his Fort Lee home. A judge dismissed the charges from that arrest in August.
While he was still on suspension, Giacobone was arrested again for drug possession after a motor vehicle stop in Fort Lee last December. Those counts are srill pending.
Authorities say Giacobone did not comply with a mandated urine test and was dismissed from the force Sept. 24.
A telephone number for Giacobone could not be located Tuesday.
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