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Both sentences are to be followed by three years of supervised release.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=230\">Oakland Police Shoot Driver Who Tried to Flee Stop, Striking Officers, OPD Says<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>KQED first reported eight years ago on allegations from <\/span><span>drivers who came forward<\/span><span> to say that officers from Rohnert Park had stolen marijuana from them during traffic stops along Highway 101. Even after Wednesday\u2019s sentencing, <\/span><span>broader questions remain<\/span><span> in the scandal that exposed failures in Northern California law enforcement during the final years of marijuana prohibition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=229\">San Jos\u00e9 Parents Convicted of Murder in Baby\u2019s Fentanyl Overdose<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/sacramentomovinghub.com\/?p=232\">After Sentencing of Ex-Rohnert Park Cops Who Stole Marijuana, Questions Still Remain<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two former Rohnert Park police officers, Joseph Huffaker and Brendon Jacy Tatum, were sentenced to federal prison for stealing and reselling marijuana during Highway 101 traffic stops in a Northern California corruption case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":143,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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