Drug case that won #Ferguson Officer Wilson an award is now at risk : News

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Drug case that won Ferguson Officer Wilson an award is now at risk : News - Ed Magee, spokesman for St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney Robert P. McCulloch, said that cases sometimes are scheduled for the grand jury when a witness is unavailable. He said that no decision had yet been made in this case, but said that prosecutors would “take a look at it.” Magee also said the case could not proceed if Wilson did not testify.

Magee said that there are about half a dozen pending criminal matters involving Wilson, and prosecutors would be making decisions on a “case-by-case” basis.

The Post-Dispatch has requested records from Ferguson of criminal investigations conducted by Wilson or involving him but has not yet received them.

Wilson has not been seen publicly since Brown’s death and is currently on paid administrative leave. He testified Sept. 16 in front of a different St. Louis County grand jury, the one investigating the shooting of Brown.

Asked why Wilson would testify in front of one grand jury and not another, Zotos suggested, “Well, it served his purpose. Today, it doesn’t serve his purpose.”