Officer in Nation's Capital Charged With Marijuana Possession

LAW ENFORCEMENT April 1993

An off-duty Washington, D.C. police officer was charged with marijuana possession after buying marijuana near an outdoor drug market in the city March 1. Officer Christopher Childs, 23, was placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the case, police said (Around The Region, "D.C. Officer Faces Drug Charge," Washington Post, 3/3/93, C5).