GRANTS, N.M. (AP) - Authorities say a 33-year-old police sergeant in a northwestern New Mexico city has been arrested after he unwittingly recorded himself on a lapel camera taking marijuana from his office and giving it to his girlfriend.
State police say Grants Police Department Sgt. Roshern McKinney was arrested Wednesday following an investigation requested by the Grants department in July after it discovered the video recording.
According to state police, along with allegedly giving a small amount of marijuana to his girlfriend, McKinney allegedly embezzled $785 of cash and an eight-ounce brick of marijuana not submitted to the department’s evidence vault.
McKinney remained jailed Thursday on charges of distribution of marijuana, conspiracy and felony embezzlement. It could not be immediately determined whether he has an attorney who could comment on the allegations.
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