Brickbat: Crime Doesn't Pay (Much)

Former, Memphis, Tennessee, police officer Arica Hutchison was sentenced to six months in prison plus two years supervised release after pleading guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit theft from a program receiving federal funds. The program in question was Crime Stoppers, which rewards people who provide information leading to an arrest in a crime. According to court documents, Hutchison entered false information into department databases and listed an accomplice as a tipster, after which she fraudulently obtained $18,500 from the program for the fake tips. Hutchison must also pay $22,000 in restitution, get a mental health assessment and counseling, take a financial literacy class, and undergo substance abuse and alcohol treatment.

Comments

[Fist of Etiquette]

Worst sin a cop can commit. Don't steal from the government, dummy. Steal directly from the citizens. (Second worst sin is getting caught stealing directly from the citizens.)

Or just work crazy amounts of overtime doing paperwork like every other cop.

[The Margrave of Azilia]

Why are cases where criminals get punished categorized as "brickbats"? Isn't a suitable punishment for a criminal a *good* result?

[Crackers Boy]

"sentenced to six months in prison" after which she'll go to work for the Nashville Police force.

CB

[Longtobefree]

What, no qualified immunity?

[markm23]

Qualified immunity is for civil suits, not crimes. Making the prosecutor an accomplice is how cops protect themselves against criminal charges. He must have missed a step