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A New Jersey State Police bodyguard to Gov. Chris Christie is getting off with a slap on the wrist – and no criminal record – in a Pennsylvania shoplifting case.
William Carvounis made national headlines two months ago when New Jersey Watchdog broke the story of his shoplifting spree at Cabela’s in Hamburg, PA.
The 36-year-old state trooper was caught stealing $267 in gun supplies and other merchandise by store surveillance video. Since his arrest, Carvounis has been suspended from his duty on the security team attached to Christie.
Carvounis escaped prosecution when a Berks County judge allowed him to enter a special pre-trial intervention program known as Accelerated Rehabilitative Disposition.
Instead of facing a conviction and up to five years in prison, Carvounis will pay a $150 fine plus restitution and costs, according to court records. He cannot set foot in any Cabela’s store and must pay $100 to attend a “STOPLIFT” rehabilitation class.
The charges against Carvounis are to be expunged from the record upon his completion of the ARD program.
The story is now online at http://newjersey.watchdog.org. The direct link is http://newjersey.watchdog.org/2014/04/07/christie-bodyguard-theft/.
3 comments:
He better lose his job too
Yes. He should lose his job!
I would like to say, though, how it is obscene how our liberal media presents this. "Christie Bodyguard"? This was a NJ State Trooper who was hired and trained by the NJ State Police, and who was assigned to the Governor's duty by the NJ State Police. How is this connected to Christie himself? If you don't like the pre-trial intervention program (which is what allowed him to "escape prosecution"), then why don't you go after the Police Union. I thought liberals were pro-union and for giving the "working man" the benefit of the doubt?
well said anon 2:41
the more the press moves to the left, the more they are closer to the end ala the SL.
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