SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A Department of Homeland Security agent who the FBI says conspired with another agent to sell an illicit drug known as "bath salts" pleaded not guilty to a drug distribution conspiracy charge Friday in federal court.
A grand jury in Salt Lake City brought the criminal charge against Special Agent David Cole of the Homeland Security Investigations unit earlier this week. The indictment alleges that Cole abused his position as a federal law enforcement agent to obtain and sell drugs for profit. If convicted, he faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison.