Casey Police Officer Resigned; Admitted To Theft Of Shop-With-A-Cop Funds –

I concur re the Official Misconduct charge being the most relevant.

Wal Mart might hire him. “Loss prevention specialist 1st. class”

Official misconduct should be the charge!

Reminds me of Mayor Tari Renner Bloomington charging his girlfriends fare to Japan on the taxpayers credit card not to mention the large amount of meals on the city credit card.. Taxpayers funds are not ATMs for government employees. To lose the respect of your constituents for such a small amount of money is pathetic at best. What does that lead to? Lets see politicians getting government jobs for their relatives perhaps.

If the officer “borrowed” the funds and repaid them before he/his act was discovered, it’s possible that there will be no Theft charge filed. It’s been a long time, and I’m not interested enough to look up the current Theft statute, but it used to require the “…intent to permanently deprive the owner” use of the property. Repaying the money of his own volition, prior to the knowledge of any person who could report the theft, would shoot holes in the legal argument that he intended to “permanently deprive.” An Official Misconduct charge, however, could probably still be on the table because he performed an act (misappropriating or ‘borrowing’ charitable funds) which he was forbidden by law to perform.

I don’t know this former officer Goble and know nothing about him, his character, or the case. His case, however, reminds me of an incident many years ago in which an otherwise honorable ISP Trooper with no documented discipline indicative of any act of moral turpitude was contacted by a circuit clerk’s office – inquiring as to the whereabouts of a citation and bail/bond money that had been posted to the officer after he issued said citation. The trooper told his supervisor and the clerk’s personnel that he “borrowed” the bond money to aid himself in making purchases for his home repair project. He had not, as of the time of his act of misappropriation becoming known, accumulated enough cash to attach the NEW replacement bond $ to the citation and submit it to the clerk’s office. An investigation ensued. The trooper was ultimately suspended without pay for a lengthy period of time for the act but he was not criminally charged with Theft, Official Misconduct, or any criminal offense. He ultimately finished his career and retired in good standing. I believe, though I was not involved in the investigation, that his reputation for being truthful and otherwise being of good character – coupled with his response to questions during the inquiry – convinced everyone that he truly had no intention of permanently depriving (keeping the money) the clerk’s office of the money. He simply (and stupidly) “borrowed” the bond money. Don’t get excited…this incident occurred a v-e-r-y long time ago. Case closed.