ISP detective arrested for gun theft

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Court docs: Indiana State Police detective stole gun from evidence

Although an Indiana State Police detective “never thought he would be caught,” a concerned co-worker ended up getting him arrested for taking a gun out of evidence and bringing it home.

fox59.com

 

[Noble Sniper]

Dumbass!!!!!

 

[actaeon277]

most people breaking the law think they won't get caught.

 

[BJHay]

Dumbass!!!!!

I think you're being too easy on the guy.
He was a working DETECTIVE and left a chain of clues a mile wide, video evidence and had an excuse worse than what my kids could have cooked up in middle school. All for what? I can't image the street value of a handgun is very high.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Thanks for the heads up.

 

[T-DOGG]

All because of those factory Glock sights....

 

[BehindBlueI's]

I think you're being too easy on the guy.
He was a working DETECTIVE and left a chain of clues a mile wide, video evidence and had an excuse worse than what my kids could have cooked up in middle school. All for what? I can't image the street value of a handgun is very high.

But that's the oddest part of the whole thing.

He said he kept it at home for a week before returning it.

He stole it but took it back? WTAF was he thinking?

Honestly, I don't think a theft charge is the appropriate one. Read "theft" and read "criminal conversion" in the IC code and the second applies here if he actually took it back. He didn't deprive anyone of it's value or use, but he did exert unauthorized control over it. I think you'd have to somehow convince a jury his original intent was to keep it but he got scared and took it back (which is a very viable theory, but unsure how you'd prove it.)

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

If I'm in the practice of hiring detectives, I'd like to think the ones I'd hire could get away with something like this. The fact it sounds so baffoonish, I have to believe he wasn't one of their A-list detectives.

 

[HoughMade]

According to TV, the key is to get the gun off of the perp and take it for yourself BEFORE it's booked into evidence.

Amateurs.

 

[printcraft]

According to TV, the key is to get the gun off of the perp and take it for yourself BEFORE it's booked into evidence.

Amateurs.

You don't sell it, you keep it back for a drop gun.

 

[Jaybird1980]

But that's the oddest part of the whole thing.



He stole it but took it back? WTAF was he thinking?

Honestly, I don't think a theft charge is the appropriate one. Read "theft" and read "criminal conversion" in the IC code and the second applies here if he actually took it back. He didn't deprive anyone of it's value or use, but he did exert unauthorized control over it. I think you'd have to somehow convince a jury his original intent was to keep it but he got scared and took it back (which is a very viable theory, but unsure how you'd prove it.)

That is the confusing part to me also.

Maybe just guilty conscience, or maybe he thought they were on to him.

Bizarre.

 

[Destro]

Read "theft" and read "criminal conversion" in the IC code and the second applies here if he actually took it back. He didn't deprive anyone of it's value or use, but he did exert unauthorized control over it. I think you'd have to somehow convince a jury his original intent was to keep it but he got scared and took it back (which is a very viable theory, but unsure how you'd prove it.)

Not only took it back, but evidence in his electronic devices lends itself to his story.

That L6 Official Misconduct charge though...he won't need to worry about firearms for awhile.

 

[OurDee]

May be one of the liberal judges will let him off.

 

[HoughMade]

You don't sell it, you keep it back for a drop gun.

Well of course....

Better yet, trade it with some street punk who is a sometimes informant for another gun so that in case the "drop gun" is tied to a perp you busted and took it off of, there won't be a trail to you.

I mean....have these people never seen a single episode of "The Shield"?

 

[KellyinAvon]

I thought State Troopers stole wallets.

 

[bwframe]

Did I miss how many years he has as an officer and detective at ISP?

 

[BigRed]

Did I miss how many years he has as an officer and detective at ISP?

Also, how long has he been an IU fan?

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

In before "aLl CoPs StEaL gUnS."

 

[Frank_N_Stein]

And, dumbass.

 

[BehindBlueI's]

Not only took it back, but evidence in his electronic devices lends itself to his story.

That L6 Official Misconduct charge though...he won't need to worry about firearms for awhile.

If that's the case, wow. I guess it was some 'no harm no foul' thought process? I'll just "secretly borrow" this for a bit... But, yes, the Official Misconduct is going to be the bigger issue for him. It won't disqualify him at the state level from carrying/owning as it's not a violent felony but will at the federal.