A Justice Department watchdog found one of the nation’s most prolific federal narcotics prosecutors flouted ethics rules last year when he drunkenly handed his business card to Florida police investigating a hit-and-run crash.
FILE - In this image from video provided by the Tampa Police Department, Joseph Ruddy, a prosecutor with the U.S. Attorney's Office in Tampa, hands his business card to Officer Taylor Grant, outside his home in Temple Terrace, Fla., on the evening of July 4, 2023.
Investigators also found that the assistant U.S. attorney cited in their report"engaged in conduct prejudicial to the government” by driving drunk and then leaving the scene of a crash after hitting another vehicle. The report was referred to the Justice Department's Professional Misconduct Review Unit for appropriate action.
Historically, PANEX-generated intelligence contributes to more than 90% of U.S. Coast Guard drug interdictions at sea. Between 2018 and 2022, the Coast Guard removed orlast year. The bulk of those cases were handled by Ruddy and his colleagues in Tampa, where PANEX is headquartered. Ruddy, whose blood-alcohol level tested at 0.17%, twice the legal limit, was instead allowed late last year to plead no contest to reckless driving, a second-degree misdemeanor, and given 12 months' probation.
“He never even hit brakes,” a witness told police. “He just kept going and he was swerving all the way up the road. I’m like, ‘No, he’s going to hurt somebody.’"
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