A Mobile police officer was arrested and terminated Thursday after he was accused of stealing packages shipped and addressed to another individual at his apartment complex.
According to a Mobile Police Department news release, police officials learned Wednesday, Oct. 2, of an allegation made against a police officer at the Village at Midtown Apartments at 320 Stanton Road.
The allegation was that the officer and his wife had opened packages that had been shipped and addressed to another individual at their apartment complex.
Mobile police began investigating and ultimately terminated 23-year-old Patrick Dwayne Deas from the police department. He was later arrested and taken to Mobile Metro Jail.
Deas is charged with fourth-degree theft of property. He is scheduled for a bond hearing on Oct. 4.
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