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Officer Accused Of Theft During Traffic Stop

Fellow Officers Take Man To Jail For Felony Stealing

POSTED: 6:24 am CDT October 2, 2009
UPDATED: 10:41 am CDT October 2, 2009

A Greenwood, Mo., police officer is on leave because of a theft incident that got him fired from his job as a police officer in Claycomo.

Jason McGinness was arrested while on the job in Greenwood by his fellow officers last week after they got news of the indictment.

The indictment came nearly a year after McGinness was fired from his job with the Claycomo fire department. He was booked into jail and charged with felony stealing.

McGinness was a sergeant with the Claycomo Police Department when he was accused of using his police car and his badge to steal from someone during a traffic stop.

Claycomo police said the traffic stop involved a construction crew passing through Claycomo on their way to Laredo, Texas.

A man who spoke little to no English told police they'd just been paid in cash, and after McGinness searched them, he found more than 500 dollars missing from his wallet.

The Claycomo Police Department fired McGinness soon after the incident for policy and civil rights violations, saying he had questionable cause for stopping the men, no probable cause for searching them, and failed to submit paperwork on the stop.

The Greenwood Police Department placed McGinness on paid administrative leave the moment he was indicted last week.

McGinness spent three years as a reserve officer in Greenwood before he was fired from his job in Claycomo. He took on a full-time role a year ago, after being fired from Claycomo.

At McGinness' home address in Kansas City, a woman answered the door then quickly shut it.

McGinness still has his peace officers license while on leave, but that could change at any time. Missouri law shows the state can immediately suspend the license of anyone indicted for a felony.

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