WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - Authorities say Delaware's former chief medical examiner has agreed to plead no contest to charges of official misconduct.
Richard Callery, who was fired last year amid an evidence-tampering scandal in Delaware's drug testing lab, will appear in court Thursday to enter the plea to two counts of official misconduct.
Authorities say Callery operated a private consulting business from within the medical examiner's office, using state resources.
Authorities investigating the evidence-tampering scandal say Callery was frequently absent from his office. The scandal resulted in the arrests of two state employees and prompted dismissals or plea bargains in several drug cases. It also led lawmakers to abolish Callery's office and replace it with a new Division of Forensic Science.
Callery's attorney did not immediately return an email message seeking comment Thursday.
