Arizona Cop Faces Charges Of Ripping Off Foreclosed Home

In Florence, Arizona, The Arizona Republic reports:

• Pinal County Sheriff's deputies arrested one of their own [last week] on suspicion of burglary and theft. Deputy Ian Quick, 33, is accused of stealing livestock corral panels worth more than $2,000 from a property in Florence. On June 10, deputies were called to the 27000 block of North Aladdin Road on a report of a burglary in progress. There, they encountered Quick, who said the former property owner gave him permission to take the panels in exchange for services rendered.

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• The former property owner, however, said differently. Lt. Tamatha Villar said the victim discovered the missing corral panels Wednesday and filed a report with the Sheriff's Office. The victim told deputies she moved to Oklahoma following the foreclosure of her property but made arrangements with the bank to retrieve some items left behind, including the corral panels, Villar said. A criminal investigation determined Quick did not have permission to be on the property, nor did he have permission to retrieve the panels, according to a Sheriff's Office statement.

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