Omar Abdullah
Service Record
Raleigh North Carolina Police Department
| Rank | Senior Police Officer, Detective (2017)[1] |
| Dates of Service | 2009[1] - November 2021.[2] |
| Salary | $99,967 (2020)[3] |
| Last Known Status | Terminated[2] |
Commendations
2013 Employee of the Year
In 2013, Abdullah was named the department's Employee of the Year.[1]
Incident Reports
2019-2020 Wrongful Arrests
Between December 2019 and May 2020, Abdullah used an informant to pose as a drug user, and arrested 23 people who sold narcotics. Lab tests revealed that the substances were not heroin.[2]
Some of those arrested spent as much as five months in jail.[2]
Charges against those arrested were eventually dropped.[4]
Response Timeline
In September 2020, Abdullah was placed on paid leave.[5]
On April 26, 2021, 13 of the people arrested sued the city, Abdullah, and several other officers, claiming malicious prosecution, fabrication of evidence, failure to intervene, unreasonable detention, among others.[4]
In October 2021, the city agreed to pay a total of $2 million to settle the lawsuit brought by 15 those arrested.[2]
In November 2021, Abdullah was fired.[2]
In February 2022, two of the families filed a civil lawsuit.[6]
On July 29, 2022, Abdullah was arrested and charged with felony obstruction of justice.[2]
On June 1, 2023, the city settled a lawsuit from three families for $350,000.[7]
On October 4, 2023, Abdullah pleaded guilty to felony obstruction of justice and was sentenced to 38 days in jail and two years of probation.[8]
LEO Ratings
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 14 drug trafficking cases dismissed, Raleigh police detective on leave after informant provides false evidence, WRAL, 2020-09-10
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Former Raleigh police officer arrested after fake drug arrests, WRAL, 2022-08-17
- ↑ Omar Abdullah I, City of Raleigh, govSalaries
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Washington et al v City of Raleigh et al, U.S. District Court, 2021-04-26
- ↑ Year after Raleigh drug cases dropped, informant charged, detective still suspended, WRAL, 2021-09-22
- ↑ Matt Talhelm, 'It's been traumatizing': Families seek justice, claim Raleigh police wrongfully raided their homes in 2020, WRAL, 2023-01-30
- ↑ City of Raleigh settles lawsuit in alleged drug scheme of former detective, ABC 11, 2023-06-01
- ↑ Julian Grace, Former Raleigh police officer sentenced to 38 days in jail for fake drug arrests that targeted Black men, WRAL, 2023-10-04
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