A police officer is being investigated for stealing after a prisoner made a report of missing jewelry, highly-places sources have told St. Lucia News Online (SNO).
The officer is reported to be a male executive member of the Police Welfare Association (PWA).
Sources said the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) commenced the investigation this week.
It is alleged that a prisoner, upon being released from a police station in a northern part of the island, went to collect his items when he discovered his jewelry missing.
The police officer under investigation was involved in the arrest of the complainant. The officer, however, was not attached/assigned to the station where the complainant was detained.
This news comes about three months after a Castries Central fireman was charged with theft after a woman reported that her wedding ring was stolen.
Reports are that the woman was picked up by an ambulance and transported to a hospital after she had collapsed in Castries. The woman reported losing her wedding ring after she was picked up by the ambulance. She accused the fireman, who was responsible for taking her to the hospital, for stealing the item.
A report was made with the Fire Service and the Criminal Investigations Department of the Royal St. Lucia Police Force (RSLPF), and the fireman was subsequently arrested and charged.