Oct 4, 2023 · A former Raleigh police officer pleaded guilty Wednesday to felony obstruction of justice. Former Detective Omar Abdullah was sentenced to 38 days in jail and two years of supervised probation.

Jul 27, 2022 · Omar Abdullah, the ex-Raleigh police detective accused of framing dozens of young Black men in a fake heroin scheme, has been indicted for obstruction of justice.

Oct 4, 2023 · RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — A former Raleigh police detective was sentenced Wednesday for obstruction of justice. Omar Abdullah, 47, of Raleigh, was sentenced to 38 days in jail by Superior Court Judge Patrick Nadolski, according to court documents.

Oct 4, 2023 · Omar Abdullah was fired from the police department in October 2021. The lawsuit included individuals who faced heroin charges and in one case a marijuana charge, for substances provided by a...

Aug 17, 2022 · Authorities allege that, between December 2019 and May 2020, Detective Omar Abdullah used an informant named Dennis Leon Williams Jr. on controlled drug buys that led to Black men being...

Nov 1, 2021 · The Raleigh Police Department said on Monday that Omar Abdullah was terminated on Oct. 28. A civil rights lawsuit alleged fake heroin was planted by detective Omar Abdullah with the...

Oct 4, 2023 · Disgraced Raleigh police detective Omar Abdullah came to the Wake County courthouse Wednesday prepared to accept some responsibility for his decision to wrongly charge a man with trafficking...

Oct 4, 2023 · Former Raleigh Police Department detective Omar Abdullah has been accused in civil court of framing more than a dozen men on trumped-up drug charges. Today he pleaded guilty to a single...

Oct 10, 2023 · The saga of former Raleigh police detective Omar Abdullah finally concluded last week, when he entered an Alford plea—meaning he pleaded guilty while maintaining his innocence—to one count of felony obstruction of justice and was sentenced to 38 days in the Wake County jail and two years’ probation.

Jul 27, 2022 · A former Raleigh police officer was indicted by the Grand Jury of Wake County with felony obstruction of justice following an investigation that began in 2020 after he was accused of planting fake heroin on a group of men, the district attorney announced Wednesday.