🚀 go-pugleaf

Luke Hoffmann wrote:
> 
> >Subject: Re: Should this officer be arrested or fired?
> 
> >p
> >Both
> 
> I agree.
> 
> He was stealing, which is a crime, so he should go to jail.  He broke the law
> which he swore to uphold, so he should be fired.

Well, did didn't even arrest him. Gave him a "criminal summons."


Pr. George's Officer Charged With Theft 

Thursday, August 30, 2001; Page B02 

A Prince George's County police officer was charged with theft 
yesterday, after allegedly stealing a credit card from a dead man. 

Officer Monty E. Burkhalter, a three-year veteran assigned to 
District V in the Clinton area, was suspended with pay, the 
department said. Burkhalter is accused of eight counts of theft, 
according to spokesman Royce Holloway.

Police said that Burkhalter, 30, was dispatched to a home in the 
Clinton area Aug. 21 to check on the welfare of the homeowner. When
Burkhalter arrived, he found the man dead and no one else in the home,
Holloway said. Sometime that day, police said, Burkhalter stole a 
credit card belonging to the dead man.

It was unclear yesterday how many times the card was used, but Lt. 
Edward Kollman said one purchase was made the next day at a store 
that sold all-terrain vehicles in Charles County. 

Police said a relative of the dead man reported to them that the 
card had been used, and an investigation led to Burkhalter. Burkhalter 
was not arrested but was issued a criminal summons that requires 
him to appear in court on the charges.
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http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A16708-2001Aug29.html