44-year-old David Leung, who served as the assistant district attorney in Manhattan from 1993 to 2003, was busted by an informant on September 27 after sliding the undercover two bags of weed for $200. This sounds more like the explanation for a character being written off of Law & Order than real life.
Following the transaction, police searched his vehicle and found seven more bags totaling over eight ounces in his trunk. The irony of Manhattan's former ADA being arrested for selling weed in the marijuana-arrest capital of the world is sweet chin music to the criminal justice system. What's even worse is that Leung knew some of the prosecutors when he appeared in court yesterday. How embarrassing.
After his departure from the district attorney's office, Leung began a private practice and moved to Indiana. He was apparently unable to resist the allure of the fast life on the streets of New York City. Because that's what all bored guys in their 40s do.
Leung has not been indicted, but will return to court on January 22. Until then, he's free without bail.
[via Gothamist]
