Woodward former police detective charged with evidence theft

 
BY RANDY ELLIS rellis@opubco.com
Published: February 3, 2012

WOODWARD — A former Woodward police detective was accused Thursday of repeatedly stealing methamphetamine from a police evidence room to support his then-wife's drug habit.

Former detective Michael Albert Morton , 55, was charged with 13 drug-related felony counts.

Morton told a district attorney's investigator that he stole methamphetamine from the evidence room for Christine England-Morton because he...


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