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Deputy Narcotics Use Incident

Mor wake up bro Mor go wake up you come on MAR come wake up bud come on on October 24th 2023 Panic ensues at the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department in California when a deputy enters the bathroom to find a colleague unresponsive on the floor as deputies attempt life-saving measures the mystery of what caused his collapse unravels forcing them to draw a horrifying conclusion the following report is based on official police records please note that all persons charged with a crime are Presumed Innocent unless and until proven guilty in a court of law it's just after 8:00 p.m. when an on duty Deputy enters the restroom at the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department finding Deputy Marvin Morales seemingly passed out in the corner of the stall leave that door open get his off straight his leg straight his leg y mores Mor hey drag him out drag him out drag him out drag him out leave that door open for fire put a put a a trash can out there wake up Budd come on pulse how P got breathing he breathing got pul car is this that's his car that's my car I came to use the restroom I thought he was in there taking a poop and as soon as I open the door he's leading against the corner there there we go there we go come on Budd there you go wake up here you go come on come wake up bud come on come on man wake up wake up wake up there you go hey r at all start rolling in the recovery at all just of all the muc froma come on come on bud come onv come on Bud good come on MAR they attempt a sternal rub a technique used to assess a person's level of Consciousness but Deputy Morales has no visible response come there we go here we go come on there we go come on come on come on there you go St with us you're good paramedics arrive and Deputy Morales is transported to a local hospital for further treatment meanwhile deputies on scene learn he collected narcotics during an earlier on duty Call with concerns he may have experienced an accidental exposure deputies begin to search his vehicle was aove yeah I'm not seeing it I felt itemp I not see anything in the Box didn't feel like there was anything in them not that one would probably not be in his actually CH light over here search no that one it's damp but they don't feel don't feel anything on that one I don't see any other gloves floating around there do you pull up his last call that he was on and see if he already logged anything in RMS for it I'm surprised we haven't done that and if we're not fighting it he could have already possibly booked it I was like he was on our 45 family and it didn't say anything about J no he was on a uh he collected dope at like 6 uh 6:30ish okay the following footage recorded at a Shell gas station captures the moment he obtained the narcotics just hours before he would be found on unresponsive on the bathroom flooor what's up bro what's good you okay you're having a lot of fun out here bro yeah got new sungasses I just saw you last week over here bro yeah he was dancing at the same time too man you promised me your best dance mve you yeah you promised me your dead best dance mve yeah yeah definitely what's up say what I got to go back to downtown dance there without waiting for me last time I went in the stadium was uh was about to fall down you were about to pass out the other night though last week you was on that Fetti oh oh yeah yeah is that what that foil is right there in your pocket or be real with it just be real just be real yeah yeah be could be is it I think it is I'm not sure yeah no not for now so you could either hand it over or I could put you in cuffs and take it out your pocket it's up to you it over hand it over can I get back about that sh right there Deputy Morales and his partner temporarily detain the suspect after clearing his pockets he asks for clarification on the contents of the foil packet what is this what what exactly is stom uh pistol pistol Deputy Morales can then be seen tucking the foil packet into a black glove before securing it in the hatch of his Cruiser afterwards he writes the suspect a citation for possession of Narcotics and lets him go all right see you next me hey I'm here this is my area despite securing the evidence in his Cruiser it's nowhere to be found however deputies still searching quickly find something else which raises even more concerns he said oil with and a glove right how often do we just get rid of do he you're right you're right that might just be an old busted meth pipe because there was no mention of a pipe in the coal yeah but there's glass right here and there's foil or there's not oil but there's that might just be an old meth pipe sge huh said that might just be an old pipe I it in there but that's literally just a shattered pipe is that what it was it was foil right it said it said uh what the guy said was meth so it was a offwhite substance and foil no mention of a pipe though no one Deputy considers an explanation that might explain why the narcotics would no longer be secured in his vehicle do you think he was going to cut like go and book it but use the bathroom first no there's no reason to I mean he could have but there's no reason to pocket it because the stuff's all the way in the back of the station you have to get back in the car and drive it and grab it it has that has to be in a car pocket has to be but his pants the hospital he he went with his pants to the hospital see if they can check on that deputies with Morales at the hospital check his pockets finally locating the evidence think it just you feel the foil in there I don't want to [ __ ] open it up get us all exposed happens quick however the question of whether the exposure was accidental reaches a shocking conclusion when deputies locate a small glass pipe and an orange torch lighter in the bathroom where Deputy Morales collapsed the pipe that's on the ground wasn't next that's what I concern about there's a me pipe sitting I don't remember but it was in the stall okay additionally hair and blood samples collected at the hospital indicated at least 90 days of Narcotics use investigators with the Bureau of internal affairs discovered that on August 9th and 15th 20123 he cited two individuals for misdemeanor possession of paraphernalia in his his reports he claimed to have disposed of a glass pipe but later admitted to taking one home and using it multiple times investigators with the Bureau of internal affairs ultimately concluded that Deputy Morales intentionally used the narcotics he seized from the suspect on October 24th 2023 on January 1st 2024 investigators recommended Morales for termination however before formal action was taken he submitted a formal resignation letter on February 2nd 202 24