Officer accused of swiping motorist's laptop

[proud2BlibKansan]

The Associated Press



PINEVILLE, Mo. | A southwest Missouri police officer is facing felony theft charges after a laptop computer he dropped off at a sheriff's office to get software installed was identified as the same one he was accused of stealing more than a year earlier.

Southwest City officer Andrew Cummings of Anderson is free on $7,500 bond after felony theft charges were filed Tuesday in McDonald County. Authorities say the 25-year-old was working for Pineville police when the theft occurred in the summer of 2007.

Cummings is currently a part-time officer with Southwest City police and a reserve officer with Noel police.

According to the probable-cause statement, Cummings pulled a woman over for a traffic violation on July 4, 2007, and then arrested her for drunken driving.

The woman told police she saw Cummings take her computer and put it in the back of his patrol car. But when she asked for the computer to be returned after she was released, Cummings denied having it and the woman did not get it back, records say. She reported it stolen to the Pineville Police Department two weeks later.

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[GregD]

1. freaking thugs.

They think they are above the law, just like the shrub.

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. There was a story not long ago about a cop stealing a guy's PlayStation

Just took it out of his car during a traffic stop!

Freaking thugs is right. :grr:

[cabluedem]

11. Its called trickle-down thuggery. The cops have been at it hard since * and 9/11.

[NaturalHigh]

3. He dropped it off at the sheriff's office to get software installed?

I'm guessing this guy won't be completing that brain surgery degree any time soon.

[blogslut]

4. While this isn't funny, I'm reminded of a bit by Bill Cosby

...where his teacher takes his comic book away from him and tells him he'll get it back at the end of the year.

Young Cosby replies: "It's going to take you that long to read it?"

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. LOL

[8 track mind]

5. and cops wonder why they have a horrible public image n/t

[Historic NY]

10. Its like any other job, its has it idiots & morons.

[cabluedem]

14. I disagree. They have been allowed to enforce the law with the power of life and death over citizens

[cabluedem]

12. All the beatings, tazerings, shooting innocent men to death & skating on it all hasn't helped. nt

[izquierdista]

6. Where are the police defenders?

Oh, they probably haven't gotten to this thread yet, they still have the 12-year old girl being terrorized and the 'Toys for Tots' threads to keep them busy.

No quality control at all when it comes to American law enforcement. Just give a thug with an attitude a badge and tell him he is doing important work looking for "bad guys". Let him do anything he wants and rush to his defense when anyone accuses him of anything.

[8 track mind]

8. i had a small encounter with one last night

I was out in my garage using my metal lathe around 9:00 pm, Just having fun and being creative. Cop drives by my place reeeeeeally slow and gives me a menacing stare. I stared back at him and waved with a friendly smile. He sped off when i wasn't intimidated. F-ing jerk.

[cabluedem]

9. Just be glad you were not driving. The cops can pull just about anyone over on a DWI stop near X-mas

[cabluedem]

16. Howdy brother! Since coming here to DU I have noticed the cops get the same "pass" here, as they do

in real life. I wonder why that is?

Horrors or horrors!

Is is that many DU'ers don't have a spine in dealing with the police, whatsoever?

[izquierdista]

17. Show some spine, get beaten

I am meek in my (very infrequent) dealings with the police. I don't want to give them any cause to pull out the baton, taser, pepper spray, etc. But like any institution that doesn't review their product or service with an eye to improving the quality, you end up with crappy results. And the culture of trusting the police officer to obey the law and tell the truth does nothing to hold them to those high standards.

[LisaL]

13. Oh that's just too funny. The guy brought it in to get the software

installed, and he is a police officer?
LOL.

[cabluedem]

15. If he is convicted he wont be a cop, unless they allow felons to police now...

anything is possible nowadays. I have seen police with huge tatooes that never would have been allowed in the past. I guess you just can't hire decent help these days without dreadging the gutters.

[RedCappedBandit]

18. Well, I guess intelligence is not a job requirement for these thugs. nt