NEW YORK (1010 WINS/WCBS 880) – A New Jersey police officer was charged on Thursday for allegedly shoplifting while working an overtime shift as a security guard at a Marshalls store in Paterson, according to prosecutors.
Jeury DeJesus-Rodriguez, 25, is accused of stealing several items of clothing from the Marshalls in Paterson’s Center City Mall. Authorities said that he took the clothes, valued at $66.97, into an employee bathroom where he removed the packaging and price tags before leaving the store without paying.
DeJesus-Rodriguez has been charged with third-degree official misconduct and a shoplifting disorderly persons offense, according to Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes.
Details about when the alleged crime occurred were not provided in the press release.
The investigation was conducted by the Passaic County Prosecutor’s Office
Public Integrity Unit with assistance from the Paterson Police Department Internal Affairs Division.