One oxy deputy resigns; partner returns to work

By at 3 March, 2010, 12:19 pm

Trent Thompson ,  one of three Palm Beach Sheriff’s deputies investigated in connection with illegal oxycodone purchases, resigned from the agency in the wake of a drug test in which he tested positive for opiates, Page2Live has learned from agency sources. Eighteen-year veteran Thompson, a former SWAT team member and son of former PBSO Col. Tommy Thompson , put in his letter of resignation hours after taking the test. I’m told there will be no further investigation concerning Trent, 38. However his wife, Deputy Sarah Thompson , 33, remains in the eye of the storm. She’s still on

administrative leave after her arrest last week for allegedly buying the powerful and highly addictive painkiller from one of her street informants. A third deputy, Shawn Monti , 41, was also placed on leave and ordered to undergo a drug test. He tested clean and returned to work. All three deputies were on the same patrol shift in the North County District. There’s no comment from the brass. As a SWAT member in 2003, Trent Thompson killed a MAC-10 wielding suspect in a standoff.

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