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Ex-Officer Admits To Alerting 2 To Wiretaps

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A former Prince George's County police officer has admitted to telling two people about wiretaps being used during an investigation into drug dealing in Washington.

Vanessa Edwards-Hamm, 38, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to making an unlawful disclosure of wire, oral or electronic communications. She faces a maximum of five years in prison at sentencing in March.

Edwards-Hamm agreed to resign from the Prince George's County Police Department.

According to the government's evidence, Edwards-Hamm learned in February that federal agents had wiretapped the brother of a friend in a drug investigation.

Prosecutors say Edwards-Hamm also told her own brother about the wiretaps and urged him to stay away from the man.

(Copyright 2013 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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