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A Winter Haven police officer was arrested and suspended Wednesday after he took a marijuana bud from a large quantity of marijuana that police had seized in an investigation, the Winter Haven Police Department said.
Ricardo Flores, 36, was charged with burglary of a conveyance, petty theft and possession of marijuana less than 20 grams. He was booked into the Polk County Jail and being held without bail, according to the jail website.
Flores, who has worked for Winter Haven as a police officer since 2006, was at the police department about 7:10 p.m. Wednesday. He had just ended his shift when detectives were unloading evidence from a truck.
As the evidence was being processed for storage, Flores, who was not involved in the investigation in this case, walked up to the pickup and took a marijuana bud from a plant and concealed it, police said. Flores left the police department in his personal vehicle.
Another officer said he saw what Flores did, and Flores was contacted by detectives and asked to return to the station.
When he returned, detectives recovered the marijuana bud from Flores and detained him.
"I'm extremely disappointed with Flores, his criminal conduct and arrogance to think that the laws do not apply to him," said Winter Haven police Chief Gary Hester said.
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Ricardo Flores, 36, was charged with burglary of a conveyance, petty theft and possession of marijuana less than 20 grams. He was booked into the Polk County Jail and being held without bail, according to the jail website.
Flores, who has worked for Winter Haven as a police officer since 2006, was at the police department about 7:10 p.m. Wednesday. He had just ended his shift when detectives were unloading evidence from a truck.
As the evidence was being processed for storage, Flores, who was not involved in the investigation in this case, walked up to the pickup and took a marijuana bud from a plant and concealed it, police said. Flores left the police department in his personal vehicle.
Another officer said he saw what Flores did, and Flores was contacted by detectives and asked to return to the station.
When he returned, detectives recovered the marijuana bud from Flores and detained him.
"I'm extremely disappointed with Flores, his criminal conduct and arrogance to think that the laws do not apply to him," said Winter Haven police Chief Gary Hester said.
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