Former Hartford Police Chief Tressa Beltran has been sentenced to at least 40 months in prison in a drug case.
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel charged Beltran last year with eight felony counts and one misdemeanor after Beltran was accused of taking pills from the drug disposal box at the Hartford Police Station.
On Monday, Nessel announced that Van Buren County Judge Kathleen Brickley has sentenced Beltran to between 40 months and 20 years behind bars for one count of using a computer to commit a crime in relation to drug dealing activities while serving as police chief. Beltran also received a concurrent sentence of 330 days to 20 years for one count of delivery, less than 50 grams, of a controlled substance.
Beltran was made to permanently surrender her MCOLES law enforcement license, ensuring she can never be employed as a police officer in the state of Michigan again.
Beltran admitted under oath that while she was working as Hartford’s chief law enforcement officer, she possessed controlled substances with the intent to deliver them and that she used a computer to arrange to deliver controlled substances.
The case was investigated by the Van Buren County Sheriff’s Department after missing pills were noticed. Nessel says she commends the department for “their diligent investigative efforts” in the case.
