NJ State Trooper Pumped $7K of Gas on State’s Dime; Not Charged Criminally, Allowed to Retire with Pension

Christopher Baxter
Statehouse Bureau/NJ.com
June 26, 2012

For more than three years, a veteran State Police trooper stole thousands of dollars worth of gasoline from state fuel pumps for his personal vehicles without being detected — and when authorities did catch on, he was not charged criminally and was allowed to retire with pension.

Disciplinary records obtained by The Star-Ledger show Staff Sgt. Steven M. Jones admitted in April that he stole 3,128 gallons of gas valued at $7,038 from October 2007 to March 2011. The 25-year trooper then retired under a negotiated plea agreement with internal affairs.

At the same time that Jones was fueling up on the taxpayers’ dime, a government watchdog warned the State Police it was not doing enough to track gas use by troopers.

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This article was posted: Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at 12:26 pm

Tags: domestic news

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