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Bad Cop Gets Five

A former LAPD officer was sentenced Monday to five years in federal prison after a hashish oil drug lab exploded in his garage.

LOS ANGELES — Former LAPD Officer Joseph Jay Spadafore, 64, of Menifee, was sentenced Monday to five years in federal prison after a hashish oil drug lab exploded in his garage.

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