Deputy Sheriff Arrested for selling OxyContin

Deputy Sheriff Arrested for selling OxyContin


Polk County Deputy Shawn T. Lucas, 30, was arrested after he sold Oxycontin tablets to undercover detectives.



Lucas sold the pill because of financial troubles. Lucas told detectives he and his family were having financial difficulties, and that his deceased father had been prescribed the OxyContin. So Lucas elected to sell the OxyContin.

Detectives had received information that Lucas was selling pills and they arranged to meet him in the parking lot of Save-A-Lot on 42nd St. in Auburndale.

Lucas was off duty at the time of the sell. He sold 4.4 grams of Oxycontin or that breaks down to 6 whole pills and nine half pills. The pills only has a street value of $220

Even worse Lucas had a fully loaded .45 caliber handgun in his car at the time of the sale.

Lucas was booked into the Polk County Jail without incident. Lucas resigned from the Sheriff’s Office upon his arrest. He was hired in March of 2006 and had no other disciplinary actions during his employment.

Lucas also worked for the Florida Department of Corrections, prior to being hired by the sheriff's office.

Lucas has been charged with Armed Trafficking in Illegal Drugs

His bond was set at $25,000.00.

I would like to ask Lucas if illegal drug sales was worth it.
He lost his career, just added to the financial problems he and his family was having and now faces time in prison.

I'm not sure whats worse, a deputy selling drugs or the fact that a deputy had to sell drugs to make more money to pay his bills.

Of course Im not sure of the situation as to why he was having so many financial problems, so it could be he just got in over his head with his bills or the sheriffs office pay is not enough to support a family. I guess we will find out more as more comes to light about this case.

Either way its sad that someone that took an oath to uphold the law now sits in jail for violating the very laws he swore to uphold. Was it really worth it?