Parker Faces Additional Charges in Cocaine Case
Former state narcotics agent Richard Wayne Parker of San Juan Capistrano, accused of stealing more than 500 pounds of cocaine from an evidence locker, was named Friday in a new federal indictment charging him with money laundering and tax evasion.
Parker, 43, failed to report on his 1997 tax returns more than $205,000 he made from narcotics trafficking, according to the indictment.
He also was accused in the money laundering count of using drug proceeds to buy a 1998 Chevrolet truck.
Parker, who has been held without bail since his arrest in July, was previously indicted on charges of cocaine possession and distribution.
Also named in the earlier indictment were Christine Loretta Whitney, 26, of Redondo Beach and Pamela Susan Gray, 43, of Hermosa Beach.
The cocaine was allegedly stolen during a faked burglary at the state Bureau of Narcotics Enforcement’s office in Riverside, where Parker was assigned.
He was a nine-year veteran of the agency.
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