The New York Post by KATI CORNELL - September 25, 2008
A man charged with selling cocaine in Brooklyn is set to walk free after a federal judge tossed out key evidence against him, finding that law officers lied to cover up an improper arrest and search. "I find the officers' chronicle . . . a complete fabrication," Brooklyn federal Judge Nicholas Garaufis wrote. He signaled he could order a perjury investigation. The two US Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force officers testified that they arrested Edgar Matos after seeing him drop two bags of cocaine. Matos said his apartment was searched without his permission.
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