AC Official Convicted On Drug Distribution Charges

An Atlantic City official has been convicted of selling heroin in the city building he was overseeing.

The Press of Atlantic City reports that Akbar Malik Salaam of Egg Harbor Township, a public works supervisor, faces up to 15 years after an Atlantic County jury found him guilty of official misconduct and drug distribution charges.

Prosecutors say the 57-year-old Salaam was selling heroin from the All Wars Memorial building Salaam's criminal history dates to at least 1984, when he sold nearly a half-gram of heroin to an undercover officer.

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