Jeffrey King, 37, was charged with felony counts of second-degree robbery and of extortion.
A San Fernando police officer has been charged with stealing money from a man during an arrest nearly a year ago, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón said on Thursday, June 8.
Jeffrey King, 37, was charged on Tuesday, June 6, with one felony count each of second-degree robbery and extortion, along with a misdemeanor count of petty theft, the District Attorney’s Office said.Prosecutors allege that King took cellphones and cash from a man arrested on June 21 in connection with a call of a possible domestic violence, but that he only handed the phones over later to a supervisor.
The cash was never booked into evidence or returned to the man, who was released two days later, said the District Attorney’s Office, which could not be reached for immediate comment on the amount of cash allegedly taken. “Law enforcement officers take an oath to uphold the law, not to break it,” Gascón said in a statement. “Maintaining integrity is a fundamental principle of law enforcement and stealing personal belongings during an arrest is a clear violation of that trust.”
The officer’s case stemmed from an investigation by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s Internal Criminal Investigations Bureau at the request of the San Fernando police chief, the District Attorney’s Office said.
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