In the end, a jury found a trio of drug dealers with lengthy criminal pasts to be more believable than Hamilton police officer Craig Ruthowsky. The jury in the trial of the veteran Hamilton cop found him guilty of corruption charges Wednesday afternoon, accepting the drug dealers' testimony that he was cop on the take, and not Ruthowsky's version that he was a committed officer fighting crime through unorthodox means. In this police wiretap, Hamilton police officer Craig Ruthowsky is heard giving advice to a drug dealer. The dealers, who all had lengthy criminal pasts, testified that Ruthowsky was a cop on the take who let them roam free and sell drugs in Hamilton. Last August, Ruthowsky was hit with 16 separate charges, including bribery, breach of trust, perjury, cocaine trafficking and weapons trafficking.

Source: CBC News April 25, 2018 18:45 UTC