Eddie B Hill

A Drug Enforcement Administration agent who was a supervisor in the agency's Los Angeles office, and who currently holds a management post in the DEA's Washington headquarters, was indicted Thursday on charges of stealing money from a drug trafficker. Eddie B. Hill, 49, of Upper Marlboro, Md., was charged with embezzling $1,780 possessed by the drug trafficker and lying to federal investigators to cover up the theft, according to the indictment.

A Drug Enforcement Administration supervisor was accused by a government prosecutor in Los Angeles Friday of abusing his power by stealing money and paying an informant-friend thousands of dollars in agency funds for work never performed. The accusations by Assistant U.S. Atty. William F. Fahey came on the first day of the trial of agent Eddie B. Hill, 49, indicted in October on charges of embezzlement and filing false vouchers on behalf of the informant.

A Drug Enforcement Administration supervisor was accused by a government prosecutor in Los Angeles Friday of abusing his power by stealing money and paying an informant-friend thousands of dollars in agency funds for work never performed. The accusations by Assistant U.S. Atty. William F. Fahey came on the first day of the trial of agent Eddie B. Hill, 49, indicted in October on charges of embezzlement and filing false vouchers on behalf of the informant.

A Drug Enforcement Administration agent who was a supervisor in the agency's Los Angeles office, and who currently holds a management post in the DEA's Washington headquarters, was indicted Thursday on charges of stealing money from a drug trafficker. Eddie B. Hill, 49, of Upper Marlboro, Md., was charged with embezzling $1,780 possessed by the drug trafficker and lying to federal investigators to cover up the theft, according to the indictment.

In 1988, it was the scandal in Los Angeles law enforcement: three veteran Drug Enforcement Administration agents indicted for stealing drugs and cash from suspects. Beyond being a sexy case--with millions of dollars stashed in Swiss bank accounts--it was the first hint that something was seriously amiss among agencies that were seizing more cocaine cash than anyone else in the United States. Indeed, a year later, local DEA chief John M.