WOODBRIDGE TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) -- A Girl Scout troop leader has been removed from her post after police concluded an alleged theft of $1,000 from a troop selling cookies at a New Jersey mall didn't happen.Troop leader Jessica Medina told police the money was left unattended in an envelope at the Woodbridge Center Mall Jan. 18.Medina blamed a man accompanied by a woman with a walker for the theft. Police interviewed the pair and eliminated them as suspects.
Police say further investigation revealed the proceeds of the sale were stored in a secure box and not an envelope.In a statement, the Girl Scouts of Central and Southern New Jersey said Medina has been removed.Medina told the New York Post that police are blaming her for ``not doing their job properly.''