Cop loses job for stealing sandwiches
A Rockaway Township police sergeant forfeited his job this morning after pleading guilty to stealing $29 worth of breakfast sandwiches from a convenience store in December.
Sgt. Christopher Stahl pleaded guilty this morning in Superior Court, Morristown NJ, to a disorderly persons charge of theft and agreed to forfeit his job as a result. Stahl, 39, was accused of ordering eight pork roll, egg and cheese breakfast sandwiches, worth $29.45, at a Rockaway Borough Quick Chek on Dec. 15, 2007, and walking out without paying. The incident was caught on the store’s video surveillance system.
According to state pension documents, Stahl has been a police officer for 15 years. In 2007, he received a salary of more than $93,000. Stahl, through his attorney, admitted in court that he ordered the food and left without paying. His sentence called for the veteran officer to give up his job and forbids him from ever holding a public position again.
Source: Peggy Wright • Daily Record
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