Citizen Report No. 1678569874 - 1505587397

Earnest "Bruce" Bonham was hired by Tulsa Police Department in 1990.

In a Federal indictment, former Tulsa Police officer Harold Wells and Tulsa Police officers Nick DeBruin and Earnest Bruce Bonham were charged with a drug conspiracy and a civil rights conspiracy stemming from allegations that these officers and others planted drug evidence on suspects they arrested.

Officers Nick DeBruin and Bruce Bonham were tried with Wells and acquitted of all charges, including stealing money during the sting. DeBruin and Bonham were placed on paid leave while Internal Affairs investigates the issues raised by their trial, only to be terminated later.

Each is also charged with possessing a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking offense. These three officers were also charged in a conspiracy to steal government funds and theft of government funds. DeBruin is separately charged with depriving Cody Weavel of his civil rights by depriving Weavel of property without due process of law. Wells is charged in a civil rights conspiracy involving the theft of money from Hugo Gutierrez during the execution of a search warrant in January 2008. The indictment lists co-conspirators in the Gutierrez matter as James K. Gray, a former TPD officer; Callison Kaiser, a former TPD officer, a United States Secret Service agent; and Eric Hill, a current Tulsa Police officer. Wells is also charged in a substantive civil rights deprivation count involving Gutierrez; with distribution of methamphetamine; use of a telephone in connection with a drug trafficking offense; and in a separate drug conspiracy alleging that Wells conspired with Gray to distribute methamphetamine. 

See also:  Sean "Sticks" Larkins, Mike Cawiezelle, Brandon McFadden, Bill Yelton, Jeff Henderson, Sean Hickey, Frank Khalil, Harold Wells, Nick Debruin, John K. "J.J." Gray, Eric Hill, Callison Kaiser, John McDowell