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Warm Springs, OR

A 13-year vet­eran of the Warm Springs tribal police force has been sen­tenced to three months in prison for steal­ing nearly $5,000 seized as evi­dence in a crim­i­nal case.

On Mon­day in Port­land, Senior U.S. Dis­trict Judge Ancer Hag­gerty also ordered 40-year-old Gre­gory Stin­son of Madras to repay the money to the Con­fed­er­ated Tribe of Warm Springs.

Accord­ing to court records, Stin­son stole the money in April 2007 when he super­vised the police department’s evi­dence room. He later resigned from the Warm Springs Police Department.

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Port­land, OR

The fol­low­ing infor­ma­tion was released by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Dis­trict of Oregon:

Gre­gory A. Stin­son, 40, of Madras, Ore­gon, was sen­tenced today by Senior U.S. Dis­trict Judge Ancer L. Hag­gerty to three months in prison for theft from an Indian Tribal orga­ni­za­tion. Stin­son was also ordered to serve a three-year term of super­vised release, and to pay $4,989 to the Con­fed­er­ated Tribe of Warm Springs, from which he stole the money.

Stin­son was a Detec­tive with the Warm Springs Police Depart­ment, where he worked for 13 years. In April 2007, Stin­son stole $4,989 that had been seized as evi­dence in a crim­i­nal case. At the time, he super­vised the evi­dence room, where monies and other evi­dence are main­tained while in the cus­tody of the police depart­ment. The money had been removed from the evi­dence room and trans­ferred to the Tribal prosecutor’s office for a court hear­ing, and returned to Stin­son fol­low­ing the hear­ing. Instead of log­ging the funds back into evi­dence, Stin­son took the money for his per­sonal use. Stin­son later resigned from the Warm Springs Police Department.

The case was inves­ti­gated by the Fed­eral Bureau of Inves­ti­ga­tion. AUSA Han­nah Hors­ley pros­e­cuted the case.

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KTVZ.COM, KTVZ.COM news sources

Warm Springs, OR

PORTLAND – A fed­eral judge sen­tenced a for­mer Warm Springs police detec­tive Mon­day for steal­ing nearly $5,000 in cash evi­dence nearly three years ago.

Here’s a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office:

Gre­gory A. Stin­son, 40, of Madras, was sen­tenced by Senior U.S. Dis­trict Judge Ancer L. Hag­gerty to three months in prison for theft from an Indian Tribal organization.

Stin­son was also ordered to serve a three-year term of super­vised release, and to pay $4,989 to the Con­fed­er­ated Tribe of Warm Springs, from which he stole the money.

Stin­son was a detec­tive with the Warm Springs Police Depart­ment, where he worked for 13 years.

In April 2007, Stin­son stole $4,989 that had been seized as evi­dence in a crim­i­nal case.

At the time, he super­vised the evi­dence room, where monies and other evi­dence are main­tained while in the cus­tody of the police department.

The money had been removed from the evi­dence room and trans­ferred to the Tribal prosecutor’s office for a court hear­ing, and returned to Stin­son fol­low­ing the hear­ing. Instead of log­ging the funds back into evi­dence, Stin­son took the money for his per­sonal use.

Stin­son later resigned from the Warm Springs Police Department.

The case was inves­ti­gated by the Fed­eral Bureau of Inves­ti­ga­tion. Assis­tant U.S. Attor­ney Han­nah Hors­ley pros­e­cuted the case.

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“Law Enforce­ment Serv­ing the Needs of Law Enforce­ment”
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