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Are_grits_groceries

(17,111 posts) Mon Feb 3, 2014, 04:50 PM Feb 2014

NJ State Trooper assigned to Gov. Christie arrested on theft charges

A New Jersey State trooper assigned to Gov. Christie’s protective detail was arrested for theft in Pennsylvania early last month, and he tried to use that connection to duck the charges, police said.

During his Jan. 8 arrest, Trooper William A. Carvounis, 35, asked the police there for a break, Tilden, Pa., Chief William McElroy said Monday.

“We don’t do that,” said the chief.

Carvounis was arrested for stealing $267 worth of ammunition from Cabella’s, a sporting goods retail chain in the township, which is about 32 miles west of Allentown, Pa.

Carvounis’ attorney, Charles Sciarra, said his client denies the shoplifting charges and denies that he used his position to get out of the charges.
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Birds of a feather......

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Thugs I tell you malaise Feb 2014 #1

If you lay down with dogs, you get up with fleas. lpbk2713 Feb 2014 #2

This 'law enforsement officer' is dumber than dumb..... riversedge Feb 2014 #3

Lol...ya think? BeyondGeography Feb 2014 #4

They always think no one is watching! Phentex Feb 2014 #5

They must have pretty stupid law enforcement officers in New Jersey if he is cream of the crop and appleannie1 Feb 2014 #6

malaise

(269,280 posts)

1. Thugs I tell you

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Mon Feb 3, 2014, 04:52 PM

Feb 2014

ReTHUGs!

lpbk2713

(42,774 posts)

2. If you lay down with dogs, you get up with fleas.

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Mon Feb 3, 2014, 04:55 PM

Feb 2014

It was predictable.

riversedge

(70,445 posts)

3. This 'law enforsement officer' is dumber than dumb.....

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Mon Feb 3, 2014, 05:03 PM

Feb 2014

...Carvounis’ shoplifting spree on Jan. 8 was recorded by surveillance cameras in Cabela’s 250,000 square-foot showroom, according to an affidavit of Patrolman Dennis Schwoyer obtained by New Jersey Watchdog.

“During the course of his shopping, (Carvounis) would place items in his shopping basket. While walking around and continuing to shop, he would take various merchandise out of the package and conceal in his pockets…He would discard the empty packages on shelves throughout the store,” wrote Schwoyer in his sworn statement.

Security video also caught Carvounis’ coup de grace: The trooper tore the price tag from a Cabela’s hat, which he wore while trying to leave the store.

When Carvounis was apprehended and searched, authorities found a concealed weapon along with the pilfered loot. They soon realized their suspect was a law enforcement officer.

- See more at: http://newjersey.watchdog.org/2014/02/03/christie-theft-bodyguard/#sthash.pJSXbIaB.dpuf

BeyondGeography

(39,393 posts)

4. Lol...ya think?

Reply to riversedge (Reply #3)

Mon Feb 3, 2014, 05:54 PM

Feb 2014

“Carvounis said he was on the governor’s security detail,” Tilden Township Police Chief William J. McEllroy told New Jersey Watchdog. “He said he makes $140,000 a year, and he’s afraid of losing his job.”

Phentex

(16,334 posts)

5. They always think no one is watching!

Reply to riversedge (Reply #3)

Mon Feb 3, 2014, 05:58 PM

Feb 2014

With all the cameras these days, I'm not sure why they think THEY are the invisible ones. Makes you wonder how many times he has gotten away with this before.

The tearing off of the tag was just icing on the cake! Idiot.

appleannie1

(5,077 posts)

6. They must have pretty stupid law enforcement officers in New Jersey if he is cream of the crop and

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Mon Feb 3, 2014, 06:08 PM

Feb 2014

can protect the Governor. That was a damn dumb move on his part. Has he never heard of security cameras?

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