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Methamphetamine, cocaine and crack cocaine were missing from four cases handled by a crime-lab supervisor who resigned after an investigation, according to a police board of inquiry report.

Steve Skowron, who worked for the Tucson Police Department for more than two decades before resigning April 10, is accused of mishandling six criminal cases between December 2004 and January 2006.

As a latent-print examiner, it was one of Skowron's jobs to analyze and process packaging of narcotics for fingerprints, police said.

In four of the cases, drugs were missing, the report said. They are broken down as follows:

● Case 1: 0.18 kilogram of crack cocaine, 0.02 kilogram of meth, 0.10 kilogram of cocaine.

● Case 2: 4.12 grams of meth.

● Case 3: 18.02 grams of crack cocaine, 29.19 grams of cocaine.

● Case 4: 718.7 grams of cocaine base.

The department was not aware of the mishandling until Feb. 27, 2008, after Skowron — the supervisor of latent print examiners — requested extended leave for personal reasons, according to Arizona Daily Star archives.

While he was on leave, a crime-lab employee went to his workstation to retrieve items needed for testing and discovered unsealed packages of narcotics, but the drugs were gone.

Authorities say they learned he was using the drugs for personal consumption but declined to say whether he had ever used them while at work.

When the investigation was completed, the department's chain of command determined that he should be terminated.

As a result, a hearing was set for April 11, but Skowron resigned the day before.

The Pima County Attorney's Office said at the time it planned on opening up to 200 cases that Skowron had worked on.

The cases extend from one year before the first alleged incident, and a list was going to be provided to all the defense attorneys who handled those cases, Star archives show.

Defense attorneys will then be given the option of having those cases independently reviewed by their experts or by the Tucson Police Department.

The case is being reviewed by the County Attorney's Office to determine whether charges will be filed against Skowron.