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Farm­ing­ton, NH

A for­mer New Hamp­shire police detec­tive has been sen­tenced to at least three months in jail for steal­ing nearly $4,000 from the Farm­ing­ton police station’s evi­dence room. 

Foster’s Daily Demo­c­rat reports 28-year-old Bren­don June of Mid­dle­ton was sen­tenced in Straf­ford County Supe­rior Court on Mon­day on one count of theft. He was sen­tenced to a year in jail with nine months suspended.

The charge was the result of an inves­ti­ga­tion by the Attor­ney General’s Office regard­ing June’s activ­i­ties while a detec­tive with the Farm­ing­ton Police Depart­ment. The inves­ti­ga­tion showed he stole $3,790 from the evi­dence room.

June has paid the money back, relin­quished his cer­ti­fi­ca­tion as a police office, and resigned.

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Inter­na­tional Asso­ci­a­tion for Prop­erty and Evi­dence
“Law Enforce­ment Serv­ing the Needs of Law Enforce­ment”
www.IAPE.org

Foster’s Daily Demo­c­rat, fosters.com
BYLINE: Jake O’Donnell, jodonnell@fosters.com

Farm­ing­ton, NH

DOVER — Jury selec­tion for the case against a for­mer Farm­ing­ton police detec­tive alleged to have stolen over $1,000 from the station’s evi­dence room has been sched­uled for April 4, 2011.

A pre­lim­i­nary pre­trial con­fer­ence for Bren­dan June, 27, of 148 Nicola Road in Mid­dle­ton, was held in Straf­ford County Supe­rior Court on Wednes­day. June was indicted in June on a felony charge of theft by unau­tho­rized tak­ing for allegedly remov­ing more than $1,000 from the police sta­tion evi­dence room between Nov. 1, 2009 and May 8, 2010.

In addi­tion, a final pre­trial hear­ing was sched­uled for March 24, 2011 for June’s case. June entered a not guilty plea on his behalf when he was arraigned in Supe­rior Court on June 29.

Farm­ing­ton Police Chief Scott Roberge said ear­lier this year that June is no longer with the depart­ment. He said no other mem­bers of the force were involved in the theft.

Roberge pre­vi­ously said the depart­ment dis­cov­ered some items miss­ing from the evi­dence room and once they learned of the theft, the Attor­ney General’s office was informed.

June was hired by the Farm­ing­ton Police Depart­ment on June, 16, 2006 and his last day with them was May 10, accord­ing to Train­ing Spe­cial­ist Tim Mer­rill of the New Hamp­shire Police Stan­dards and Train­ing Council.

Mer­rill said June is no longer cer­ti­fied by the coun­cil because his cer­ti­fi­ca­tion lapsed when he was out of law enforce­ment for 30 days. If June is con­victed of the felony against him, it would obvi­ously show up his record if he reap­plied for cer­ti­fi­ca­tion, accord­ing to Merrill.

June’s felony charge is a Class A felony that car­ries a max­i­mum penalty of 7 1?2 to 15 years in state prison and a $4,000 fine. The case is being pros­e­cuted by the state Attor­ney General’s Office. 

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Inter­na­tional Asso­ci­a­tion for Prop­erty and Evi­dence
“Law Enforce­ment Serv­ing the Needs of Law Enforce­ment”
www.IAPE.org

Foster’s Daily Demo­c­rat, fosters.com
BYLINE: JAKE O’DONNELL, jodonnell@fosters.com
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Farm­ing­ton, NH

DOVER — Jury selec­tion for the case against a for­mer Farm­ing­ton police detec­tive alleged to have stolen over $1,000 from the station’s evi­dence room has been sched­uled for April 4, 2011.

A pre­lim­i­nary pre­trial con­fer­ence for Bren­dan June, 27, of 148 Nicola Road in Mid­dle­ton, was held in Straf­ford County Supe­rior Court on Wednes­day. June was indicted in June on a felony charge of theft by unau­tho­rized tak­ing for allegedly remov­ing more than $1,000 from the police sta­tion evi­dence room between Nov. 1, 2009 and May 8, 2010.

In addi­tion, a final pre­trial hear­ing was sched­uled for March 24, 2011 for June’s case. June entered a not guilty plea on his behalf when he was arraigned in Supe­rior Court on June 29.

Farm­ing­ton Police Chief Scott Roberge said ear­lier this year that June is no longer with the depart­ment. He said no other mem­bers of the force were involved in the theft.

Roberge pre­vi­ously said the depart­ment dis­cov­ered some items miss­ing from the evi­dence room and once they learned of the theft, the Attor­ney General’s office was informed.

June was hired by the Farm­ing­ton Police Depart­ment on June, 16, 2006 and his last day with them was May 10, accord­ing to Train­ing Spe­cial­ist Tim Mer­rill of the New Hamp­shire Police Stan­dards and Train­ing Council.

Mer­rill said June is no longer cer­ti­fied by the coun­cil because his cer­ti­fi­ca­tion lapsed when he was out of law enforce­ment for 30 days. If June is con­victed of the felony against him, it would obvi­ously show up his record if he reap­plied for cer­ti­fi­ca­tion, accord­ing to Merrill.

June’s felony charge is a Class A felony that car­ries a max­i­mum penalty of 7 1?2 to 15 years in state prison and a $4,000 fine. The case is being pros­e­cuted by the state Attor­ney General’s Office. 

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Inter­na­tional Asso­ci­a­tion for Prop­erty and Evi­dence
“Law Enforce­ment Serv­ing the Needs of Law Enforce­ment”
www.IAPE.org