MORRISVILLE (AP) -- A campus police officer accused of shoplifting pastries from an upstate New York convenience store will retire as part of a deal that avoids a criminal conviction.
His lawyer says Sgt. Steve Brody of the Morrisville State College University Police has six months to retire and prosecutors will drop a petit larceny charge filed in October. Michael St. Leger says his client will be entitled to collect his full pension. The deal was reached earlier this month in a local town court.
State police said the 56-year-old Brody, who lives in Morrisville, was routinely caught on surveillance videos stuffing pastries into his clothing at a Valero Nice N Easy. The store offers free coffee to any police officer in uniform.
He was accused of taking baked goods worth about $30.
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