1.   Four months later, the man was arrested for stealing cocaine.

2.   He agreed to talk in exchange for a lighter sentence for stealing cocaine from an evidence locker.

3.   In one recent case, an Albany detective charged with stealing cocaine from a drug arrest was acquitted of most charges and the jury deadlocked on the last count.

4.   Later arrested on suspicion of stealing cocaine from drug bust.

5.   Prosecutors said it was uncertain whether Perez, who is in custody after pleading guilty to stealing cocaine from an evidence locker, would even testify in the case.

6.   Several months later the man, who was working as an unpaid police officer, admitted to stealing cocaine seized in an arrest.

7.   The investigation was triggered when Officer Rafael Perez pleaded guilty to stealing cocaine from LAPD custody and agreed to cooperate with investigators.

8.   Perez began cooperating with investigators in exchange for a lenient sentence after he pleaded guilty to stealing cocaine from an evidence room.

9.   Perez has been convicted of stealing cocaine from a police evidence room.

10.   Perez, cooperating with police to lighten his punishment for stealing cocaine, was a principal figure in most of the cases.