A former federal judge who was arrested last month on federal gun and drug charges has pleaded guilty to possession of controlled substances and conversion of government property, Justice Department said Friday.
Jack T. Camp, the former chief judge of the Northern District of Georgia, allegedly sought to buy drugs for a stripper who was an FBI informant. He pleaded guilty to two counts of possession and one count of conversion of government property. His sentencing is scheduled for March 2011.
Deborah Sue Mayer and Tracee Joy Plowell from the Justice Department’s Public Integrity Section prosecuted the case for the government. Mayer, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of New York, has also worked on the probe of Nevada Republican Sen. John Ensign. Plowell previously served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Eastern District of Tennessee and in the Executive Office of United States Attorneys.
According to news reports, the plea agreement provides that the judge’s possession of guns during a drug transaction would not be considered in computing his sentencing guideline. Why the aberration from DOJ policy?
[...] Arrested last fall on federal gun and drug charges, Camp pleaded guilty in November to conversion of government property and possession of a controlled substances, as Main Justice reported. [...]