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Wednesday November 5, 2008
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| Four arrested, including two cops, in major shoplifting scheme |
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GOSHEN – Four people have been arrested and charged in connection with a multi-jurisdictional investigation into the theft of hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of merchandise from Walmart stores in Orange County. Two of those arrested are police officers. On Tuesday, November 4, investigators from the Orange County District Attorney’s Office, members of the Walmart Investigations Team, and police from the towns of New Windsor, Newburgh and Montgomery executed seven search warrants at several locations and recovered large amounts of stolen goods. A large amount of the stolen property had been sold on EBay. Charged were Bryan Dunn, 36, of Maybrook; Kevin Burchell, 27, of Montgomery; Clifford Barber III, 41, of Walden; and LaQuionus Pressley, 29, of Newburgh. Burchell is a Village of Tuxedo police officer and Barber is a town of Montgomery police officer. Dunn was charged with grand larceny in the fourth degree, three counts
of offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree, and three
counts of filing a false tax return. Barber was charged with grand larceny in the third degree, three counts of offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree, and three counts of filing a false income tax return. Pressley has been charged with grand larceny in the third degree. |
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