Citizen Report No. 1678574980 - 56980160

Retired Tulsa police officer, John K. "J.J." Gray, pled guilty in federal court to one count of stealing money.  The plea deal was made with a special prosecutor from Arkansas who has been investigating corruption in the Tulsa Police Department's drug unit.  The Tulsa Police Department put Gray on administrative leave in April of 2010 and he retired early June of 2010 after 20 years on the force.  He came on the force in 1990 and worked in patrol, detective division and the narcotics unit.  A special prosecutor was investigating allegations of officers pressuring witnesses to lie, stealing drug money and planting drugs.  He agreed to help federal investigators, even to testify before the grand jury.  Records say Gray and five other Tulsa officers searched the room and found money. They say video cameras recorded Gray putting some money into his pockets. Prosecutors say the officers took five of the $13,000 and divided it up, until they suspected they were under surveillance, then returned the money and turned it into the police property room.

"Based on information provided to Gray by the cooperating witness on May 18, 2009, TPD officers JJ Gray, Harold Wells, Nick DeBruin, Bruce Bonham, John McDowell, and Eric Hill all went to the hotel where the undercover agent was staying. The officers all believed the undercover agent either had drugs and/or money inside the hotel room based on information provided by the cooperating witness. At the hotel, the officers took the undercover agent into custody. The undercover agent then gave the officers consent to search the undercover agent’s hotel room. Wells and Gray went in to search the room and the video recording shows Gray, on two separate occasions during the search of the room, placing a portion of the cash into his back pants pocket. During the search, Gray contacted the cooperating witness and reported that he had discovered $8,000 cash in the room, as opposed to the total of $13,000 actually found." - US Attorney's Office

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