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This weeks the average cop is common thief and here's why.




cops in Kensett are accused of stealing someone's pet deer.

KENSETT, Arkansas — Court records show that two suspended cops in Kensett are accused of stealing someone's pet deer.
Authorities were initially tight-lipped about the allegations against Sgt. Debra Bailey and Cop Derek Balentine. The Daily Citizen (http://bit.ly/14FbeyU ) obtained details of the criminal charges through a Freedom of Information Act request.
Bailey is charged with theft of lost property, conspiracy and solicitation. Balentine is charged with conspiracy.
According to an affidavit, the deer's owner discovered it missing in September. The affidavit says Bailey took the deer because it was following people around in Kensett.
Court records allege that Bailey gave the deer to Balentine's parents even though the owner wanted it back.
The affidavit says Bailey apologized for not following procedure but said she was looking out for the deer's best interest.


Harford County, Maryland: A sheriff’s deputy was arrested and suspended without pay for allegedly giving a towing company privileged information about people whose cars were subject to being repossessed and then being paid for the information. “Police are empowered with specific tools and resources to do their job effectively. Misuse of those resources is not only unethical, it is illegal,” said the sheriff. ow.ly/kcMSg

Edwardsville, Illinois: The police chief pleaded guilty to federal charges and admitted stealing roughly $138,000 from the city. He took cash and money orders from a department lock box that contained vehicle impound fees. “I am disgusted and saddened when called upon to prosecute someone who had sworn to uphold the law,” said a U.S. attorney. ow.ly/kccVV

Denver, Colorado: An officer has resigned. He has been accused of working another job while simultaneously collecting workers compensation payments. ow.ly/kbDKi

Newark, New Jersey: A 17-year veteran was indicted this morning on charges he set his SUV on fire and then filed a fraudulent insurance claim. If convicted of the charges, he faces up to 10 years in prison on each charge. ow.ly/kaeSQ

Price, Utah: A police officer has been sentenced to jail for defrauding his car insurance company. In addition to jail, he gets three years’ probation and must pay $22,000 in restitution. He pleaded guilty in the case. ow.ly/k9uWr


Streetsboro, Ohio: A police officer was arrested for felony theft. Detectives say they determined that he was involved in the theft of $16,480.59 from Lowe’s. ow.ly/k7CDc

Des Plaines, Illinois: Thirteen police officers were suspended after allegations surfaced that they intentionally misrepresented their work hours to receive overtime from federal grant funding. Suspensions will range from 7 to 60 days, and some officers will be ordered to make restitution ranging from $184 to $787. ow.ly/k7yIr

 Sallisaw, Oklahoma: The police chief has been jailed for borrowing public money for his own use and is being held on a felony embezzlement complaint. He is still currently the police chief. ow.ly/k51y8

Update: Tempe, Arizona (First reported 09-01-12): A former police officer arrested for theft has pleaded guilty in the case. He was arrested after several items of police property went missing and money was taken from a lockbox. He resigned following the arrest. ow.ly/k5yGk

West Valley, Utah: Narcotics officers stole money and other items from vehicles they seized and may have taken drugs and money confiscated during arrests, an internal audit found. The findings will be shared with the FBI and the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s office to be used in their respective investigations. ow.ly/k4BV7

Montgomery, Alabama: The police department has charged a police corporal with theft after a fellow officer observed him taking $20 in cash from the personal effects of a suicide victim whose property was being held by the department. ow.ly/k3ujL

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma: A police officer is accused of altering the prices on items at a retail store and trying to purchase those products at a discount. He has been with the police department for 25 years and is currently on paid leave. ow.ly/jYXS2

Irwindale, California: A police officer pleaded not guilty to grand theft, second-degree burglary, and elder abuse for allegedly stealing $250,000 in cash that was hidden in his father’s detached garage. ow.ly/jY82Q

Update: Newark, New Jersey (First reported: 06-11-12): A police officer was sentenced to 48 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to commit bank fraud, bank fraud, two courts of loan application fraud and bank bribery. He conspired to defraud a bank by providing false statements and documents so he could secure a $1.92 million loan. ow.ly/jY32G



Cop Charged in Tax Fraud Scheme
Federal authorities charged a New York City cop with filing more than a dozen fraudulent tax returns for himself and others, including many in which children were falsely claimed as dependents, according to a criminal complaint unsealed on Thursday in Manhattan.
The cop, Jonathan Wally, 33, kept a list of names and Social Security numbers of at least 52 children born in 2007, the complaint said. The list was stored in a Bronx office where he had been improperly moonlighting as a tax preparer without authorization from the Police Department, the authorities said.
As a result of false returns filed by Cop Wally from 2010 to 2012, the complaint said, the I.R.S. paid refunds of about $120,000.
Since 2008, when Cop Wally received a tax preparer number from the I.R.S., he had used 9 of the names on 13 people’s tax returns, the complaint said. All of the children have Puerto Rican Social Security numbers.
“Individuals with Puerto Rican Social Security numbers who reside in Puerto Rico are not required to file tax returns with the I.R.S.,” Robert D. Beranger, a criminal investigator with the agency, wrote in the complaint. “Puerto Rican Social Security numbers are often used by individuals who commit tax offenses similar to the offenses Wally is charged with committing.”
Cop Wally was arrested on Thursday and suspended from the department pending results of the case, the police said.
Messages left for Cop Wally’s lawyer were not immediately returned.
A 10-year veteran of the department based in the 34th Precinct, Cop Wally told at least two people that they would get bigger refunds if they claimed a dependent and that he would furnish a name for their return, according to the complaint. In at least four cases, he added a dependent to returns without the knowledge of those for whom he was preparing the documents, the complaint said.
The complaint said Cop Wally had skimmed from the returns of his clients, which number in the hundreds, and also added a false dependent to his own returns.
And, the authorities said, he did not declare the income he made from preparing all these returns: more than $112,652 over three years.