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Former Plainfield Police Sergeant Found Guilty Of Stealing $1,100 From City Via Her Job Former Plainfield Police Sergeant Found Guilty Of Stealing $1,100 From City Via Her Job
Former Plainfield Police Sergeant Found Guilty Of Stealing $1,100 From City Via Her Job A Union County jury has returned guilty verdicts on several charges filed against a former Plainfield police sergeant accused of exploiting her position to steal nearly $1,100 from the city by falsifying work records, authorities said. Leslie Knight, 51, was found guilty Tuesday on several counts of both third and fourth-degree theft by deception and one charge of falsifying records, a fourth-degree crime, following a two-week trial before Union County Superior Court Judge Robert Kirsch and five hours of jury deliberation.  The jury found Knight, who was hired in 2001, not guilty on on…

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