Alaska Trooper collared by colleagues on drug charges

Alaska State Troopers have busted one of their own. Trooper Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Enforcement in conjunction with the State Drug Enforcement Administration has charged Fairbanks-based trooper Scott Ide with forging prescriptions. Ide is accused of forging prescriptions for narcotic pain medication on 4 separate occasions last winter and spring. Ide has been a Trooper since 2004. He served in Palmer prior to transferring to Fairbanks in January of this year.

Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks

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