By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 08:37 EST, 12 April 2012 | UPDATED: 10:19 EST, 12 April 2012 A crooked custody officer stole a police mugshot to create a Facebook page falsely accusing a heroin dealer of being an informant to help a rival pusher. Within hours of the picture appearing on the social network, the man shown in the picture - 31-year-old Domenico Masciopinto -  had been shot by a gunman. Jonpaul Pasqualone, 28, was jailed for seven years after stealing Masciopinto's mugshot which he posted online with the caption: 'A Police informant since 2009'. Mugshot: Crooked custody officer Jonpaul Pasqualone posted this picture of heroin dealer Domenico Masciopinto on Facebook accusing him of being a police informant
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Jonpaul Pasqualone posted mugshot online with the caption: 'A Police informant since 2009'
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Within hours of the picture appearing the man shown had been shot by a gunman
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Police said Pasqualone carried out offences to help another suspected drug dealer
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Pistols and electronic shock device found at custody officer's home
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