A federal grand jury indicted former Fresno deputy police chief Keith Foster and six others on Thursday, charging them with a variety of drug-trafficking offenses involving marijuana, oxycodone and heroin.
Also Thursday, one of Fresno’s two U.S. district judges [Judge O'Neill] recused himself from the case because of his acquaintance with Foster, including appearances together at crime prevention events.
The indictment charges Foster, a law enforcement veteran of almost 30 years who resigned last week from the Fresno Police Department, with participating in three separate conspiracies to distribute different controlled substances over the course of the past year.