April 3rd, 2007 By Justin Williams
Evansville Police Officer Busted On Theft
EPD Chief Brad Hill reported to ABC25 that Officer Gerald Rainey allegedly stole $1,000 from a crime scene last week. Rainey, a 9 year veteran of the south side sector of the EPD was put on administrative leave without pay.
Rainey was inovlved in a local drug bust that included as evidence a backpack with $20,000 inside. When the bag made it back to the station, it was $1000 short. This is the third offense on the officer’s record. He had displinary actions against him for not reporting his location to dispatch and for breaking a department search policy.
Rainey turned himself in this afternoon and was booked into the Vanderburgh County Jail.
Update 1: Story updated with photo of Officer Rainey. Fox7 is also reporting that Rainey will be in court tomorrow morning.
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