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Former Detroit cop Anthony Careathers is headed to prison.
Careathers, 52, was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court to two years in prison for accepting cash from a vehicle collision shop owner in exchange for referring stolen and abandoned vehicles there, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. He pleaded guilty to extortion.
He is the first defendant sentenced as a result of an investigation into Detroit cops using their position to refer cars to certain collision shops in exchange for money. These others are charged:
- James Robertson, 45, pleaded guilty to two counts of extortion.
- Jamil Martin, 46, pleaded guilty to one extortion count.
- Martin Tutt, 29, pleaded guilty to two counts of extortion.
- Charles Wills, 52, pleaded guilty to two extortion counts.
- Deonne Dotson,45, awaits trial.
"The vast majority of Detroit Police Officers are courageous, dedicated public servants, but unfortunately these defendants are an exception," U.S. Attorney Matthew Schneider says in a statement.
