BALTIMORE — A former Maryland State trooper has been sentenced to six years in federal prison for bribery and drug related crimes.

This stems from an incident in December 2022, when Justin Riggs, 35, was assigned to a group within the Maryland State Police investigating drug and gun trafficking in Western Maryland.

During this time, the group used at least one confidential informant.

Riggs created a fake Facebook account to talk to one of the drug dealers about that informant. He messaged them saying he had “tons more info pertaining to your biggest informant.”

These conversations happened between 2022 and 2023.

Former Maryland State trooper faces up to 9 years for leaking info to drug org.

On December 21, Riggs told the dealer, “There's a big case man. I’m not reaching out because I

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