Winfield Cop Busted Buying Cocaine; Claims He Was Replacing Damaged Police Evidence
| Bud Chrum has traded his cop uniform for a prison jumpsuit. |
Winfield police officer Bud Chrum was arrested Friday on charges of purchasing $160 worth of cocaine. As the Post-Dispatch reports today, Chrum told narcotics officers that he was buying the drugs to substitute for police evidence he inadvertently damaged.
"The only reason I'm doing this is because I spilled something on about two grams of cocaine, and I had to replace it so I didn't get fired," Chrum allegedly told a Lincoln County Narcotics Enforcement Team officer.
| Tony Chrum |
Tony was arrested in the cinema parking lot. Bud Chrum was later arrested when he arrived at his brother's home -- dressed in his police uniform -- to pick up the cocaine.
The brothers are each being held on a $25,000 cash-only bond.
This is the second drug-related story this week out of Winfield, located an hour's drive northwest of St. Louis. Yesterday the Associated Press used Winfield in its dateline for a story examining how heroin is making inroads into rural America.


























