Disgraced DEA Agent Sentenced to 13 Years in Corruption Case

Disgraced DEA Agent Sentenced to 13 Years in Corruption Case
Chad Scott in a file photo. St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office via AP
The Associated Press
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NEW ORLEANS—A prolific narcotics agent was sentenced on Thursday to more than 13 years behind bars for stealing money from suspects, falsifying government records, and committing perjury during a federal trial.

U.S. District Judge Jane Triche Milazzo said the longtime U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent, Chad A. Scott, caused “far reaching” damage “to the administration of justice.”