SAUGUS – The suspended singing State Police Trooper will spend Christmas behind bars because he tested positive for cocaine while he was free on bond after his Nov. 30 arrest, prosecutors said Tuesday.John Foley, 62, of 25 Highland Ave., Saugus was ordered held in federal custody until Feb. 4 when he must reappear in U.S. District Court in Boston for a status hearing, according to media spokesperson Julie Santos.The $25,000 Foley posted for bond will not be returned to him because he used drugs during his release, Santos said.Court documents released Tuesday show Foley, a 36-year veteran Trooper, allegedly sold cocaine on at least six occasions in Saugus to an undercover female informant. Two of those sales allegedly occurred while he was on duty, wearing his State Police uniform and driving his cruiser, car number 1952.The Item profiled Foley in August for his singing performances over the past several years at several North Shore churches and community events. The Revere native spoke exclusively to the Item on Sunday about his arrest and claims someone with a personal vendetta within law enforcement set him up.Without getting into specifics, he said a woman who became friends with him and his 50-year-old wife, Patty Meshna Foley, was dating a police officer and was behind the investigation.”The female is an informant,” Foley said.According to court documents, Foley sold cocaine to the informant while he was on-duty twice. One sale took place outside Bob’s Stores on Route 1 and another outside Walgreens just off Route 1. He was in his marked State Police cruiser both times.In an interview conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration within hours of Foley’s arrest, he said his wife began abusing OxyContin one year ago after suffering a back injury. Patty Meshna Foley allegedly used some of the pills and sold the rest to customers, including the female informant she had befriended.In the interview, Foley said he warned his wife that the woman was attempting a “set-up.” He also said his wife began abusing OxyContin and graduated to using cocaine.Foley additionally said he never sold OxyContin, but did say his wife also sold cocaine.She has not been charged.Foley admitted to snorting “three lines” of cocaine three weeks prior to his arrest, according to court documents. However, he said he was “not a user” and only sold the drug to the one informant.Foley said to the Item on Sunday that he felt “intimidated” to cooperate with federal investigators during questioning.”It’s like they’re holding a gun to my head and if I don’t totally cooperate, ?” he said before trailing off.The Trooper says he is not afraid of going to jail because he’s always been a fair police officer who often cut people breaks for minor infractions.”Running through a red light used to be a $5 fine” in 1971 when he first began on the force, he said. “If I pulled someone over for going 80 or 90 mph on the highway, I’d might drop it down to an affordable rate. I don’t work for the insurance companies.”He’s more concerned with the welfare of his family than spending time in jail, he said. Foley admits he’s suffering serious financial problems and might lose the house he shares with his wife, son and two stepsons.”If I go to jail, I can’t support my family,” he said.Foley said his financial problems forced him to be represented by a court-appointed attorney, John Salsberg of Boston. To make matters worse, Foley got into a car accident last week and will have to get rid of his 1994 Buick station wagon because the cost of the repairs isn’t worth paying for, he said.The pastor of the non-denominational church Foley attends, Pastor Rick McClair of Grace Ministries on Main Street in Saugus, is surprised by the allegations.”When I read about what happened to him, I was shocked,” McClair said. “He seems like a real nice guy.”McClair says Foley recently sang at an event to honor the son of a police officer who died in a motorcycle accident and sang at the church he’s a