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LOS ANGELES, Posted 6:28 p.m. December 23, 1998 -- Superior Court jurors deadlocked Wednesday in the trial of a Los Angeles police officer accused of stealing more than six pounds of cocaine from an evidence locker.
Judge Robert Perry dismissed the panelists, who announced a majority of them favored conviction, but were hopelessly deadlocked.
A Jan. 5 hearing was scheduled to set a new trial date for Rafael Antonio Perez. He remains jailed in lieu of $550,000 bail.
Perez is charged with possession of cocaine for sale, grand theft and forgery. If convicted, he faces up to eight years in prison.
Defense attorney Winston McKesson told jurors evidence failed to document Perez had been involved in prolonged drug dealing, as prosecutor alleged.
Perez allegedly forged another officer's name to sign out the drugs with an estimated street value of $1 million.
Mistrial Declared In LAPD Cocaine Theft
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