BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA – A Baton Rouge Police officer has been arrested on multiple theft counts and a charge of malfeasance for allegedly stealing money seized in drug investigations.
Sgt. Donald Stone, a police spokesman, says 27-year-old Michael Thompson was booked Wednesday into the East Baton Rouge Parish jail on seven counts of felony theft and one count of malfeasance.
Thompson is accused of stealing about $15,000 that was seized during narcotics investigations. Stone says Thompson admitted he was addicted to prescription pain medication and took the money to fund his addiction.
Thompson, a 5-year veteran of the department, had been assigned to the Narcotics Division. He resigned shortly after his arrest.
