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premises. Ryan stayed with Roeder in the kitchen while the other
officers searched the house. Ryan found $13,000 in the oven; the
$13,000 was returned to Roeder. No illegal drugs were found.
The officers made Roeder open his safe which contained
approximately $220,000 from the sale of P2P. Ryan, at first
threatening to give all $220,000 to the IRS,22 reached an
agreement with Roeder to split the money half for Roeder, half
for the officers. Roeder was not arrested. After the search,
the officers called Hund and Giongo, and all of them met for
dinner.
At the unit after dinner, Wilson distributed portions of the
appropriated money. On the daily complaint summary, Ryan typed
an incorrect street number for Roeder's address and omitted
Roeder's name. Ryan completed the investigation report on July
6, 1983, using Roeder's correct address and indicated that
nothing was found and nothing was taken. When Ryan's wife
discovered where Ryan had hidden his share of the money, he
explained that it was stolen money, and she deposited some of it
into their checking account.
Respondent asserts that Wilson, Grove, and Cattalo each
received $21,000 and that Giongo received $5,000 from the Roeder
1983 search. Wilson, Grove, and Cattalo were convicted of
bribery and conspiracy and Giongo of aiding and abetting with
22 The officers had planned for Grove to act as an IRS agent
should any money be found.
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