Two Sharon Hill police officers gave confidential information to drug dealers, one in exchange for cocaine, AG says
Det. Vincent Propcopio and Officer Domenic Dellabarba betrayed their community and their fellow officers by their actions, Attorney General Dave Sunday said.
Two Sharon Hill police officers broke the law by providing confidential information to a drug dealer — one of them in exchange for cocaine, the attorney general’s office said Thursday.
Det. Vincent Procopio, 34, was charged with possession with the intent to deliver “for acting as an accomplice in drug dealing” and aiding the dealer in exchange for cocaine, Attorney General Dave Sunday said. He is also charged bribery, tampering with physical evidence, and related crimes.
Procopio told the dealer —whom authorities did not identify —about law enforcement investigations and whether any of the dealer’s associates were cooperating with law enforcement, Sunday said.
Officer Domenic Dellabarba Jr., 27, a patrolman, provided confidential information to the dealer, the attorney general said. He is charged with obstructing the law and related crimes.
Sunday said Dellabarba alerted the dealer to active warrants for the dealer’s arrest.
There was no indication in court records that either had hired a lawyer.
Sunday decried the officers’ actions, saying their crimes “were betrayals of the community and of their fellow officers, who abided by their sworn oaths to protect and serve.“
The drug dealer, who also faces charges, cooperated with law enforcement and provided information about the officers to the attorney general’s office, Sunday said.
The investigation is ongoing and the attorney general’s Public Corruption unit will handle prosecution.
This is a developing story and will be updated.
