Post by WaTcHeR on Aug 9, 2006 13:01:50 GMT -5
08.09.2006 - HARTFORD, Conn. --A city police officer accused of stealing money from a woman's purse at a Wal-Mart store has been given special probation.
Officer Eric Lautenbach, 38, of Newington was arrested last November on a charge of sixth-degree larceny. He was suspended from the police force after the arrest.
According to court records, Lautenbach was working a private security job in uniform at the Wal-Mart in Hartford when he was given a purse for safekeeping after it was misplaced by a customer. Shortly after that, the woman claimed the purse, but discovered the money that had been inside was missing.
A judge Tuesday granted Lautenbach accelerated rehabilitation, a special form of probation, for two years. If he completes his probation, his criminal record in the case will be erased.
www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2006/08/09/officer_gets_probation_for_purse_theft/
Officer Eric Lautenbach, 38, of Newington was arrested last November on a charge of sixth-degree larceny. He was suspended from the police force after the arrest.
According to court records, Lautenbach was working a private security job in uniform at the Wal-Mart in Hartford when he was given a purse for safekeeping after it was misplaced by a customer. Shortly after that, the woman claimed the purse, but discovered the money that had been inside was missing.
A judge Tuesday granted Lautenbach accelerated rehabilitation, a special form of probation, for two years. If he completes his probation, his criminal record in the case will be erased.
www.boston.com/news/local/connecticut/articles/2006/08/09/officer_gets_probation_for_purse_theft/