Court Document Outlines Alleged Relationship Between Former CMPD Officers, Suspected Drug Dealer

An affidavit unsealed by a judge Tuesday provides a lengthy, detailed account of alleged police corruption, of how federal agents say two Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officers protected a suspected drug dealer and how their own phone calls led to their arrests.

When Jason Ross and Gerald Holas walked into a federal court last week shortly after resigning from the police force, no one would say exactly what the former officers had done. Now the 27-page court document details what federal agents say was a year-long bargain to protect an accused drug dealer named David Lockhart.

Agents say Lockhart first met officers Ross and Holas outside a business on Tuckaseegee Road. Their affidavit states Lockhart was found with cocaine, thousands of dollars in cash and a gun. Despite that, he wasn't arrested. Instead, agents say the officers gave him protection and, eventually, confidential information that was supposed to be for police eyes only.

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For example, before police raided two drug-plagued motels on Independence Boulevard in April, agents say phone records show Ross called Lockhart the night before, they believe to warn him.

Agents also claim that when Lockhart was robbed of drugs and money last October, he asked Holas and Ross for help in finding who did it. They say Ross accessed police computers and gave Lockhart the suspect's address. Within hours, Lockhart allegedly used Molotov cocktails to set it on fire.

The affidavit claims Holas and Ross also told Lockhart he was being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, but they didn’t know that they were being investigated, too.

There's no mention in the affidavit of Holas and Ross taking any money in exchange for protection. Agents say Holas and Ross claim they got information from Lockhart that they used to arrest his suppliers and customers.

But according to the affidavit, Lockhart was never a registered informant with either officer.

The two officers will be back in court Thursday. During that hearing the judge will determine whether they will have to stay in jail until the trial.