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Cop loses job for stealing 29 of sandwiches

A Rockaway Township police sergeant forfeited his job this morning after pleading guilty to stealing $29 worth of breakfast sandwiches from a convenience store in December.

Sgt. Christopher Stahl pleaded guilty this morning in Superior Court, Morristown, to a disorderly persons charge of theft and agreed to forfeit his job as a result.

Stahl, 39, was accused of ordering eight pork roll, egg and cheese breakfast sandwiches, worth $29.45, at a Rockaway Borough Quik Chek on Dec. 15, 2007, and walking out without paying.

Store workers said Stahl was an occasional customer at the convenience store. Rockaway Township officers caught wind of the incident and reported it to the Morris County Prosecutor's Office, which investigated. The incident was caught on the store's video surveillance system.

His sentence called for the veteran officer to give up his job and forbids him from ever holding a public position again. He also was ordered to pay $225 in fines, plus restitution for the
Cop loses job for stealing $29 of sandwiches
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