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When the state police suspected in 2019 that a Blawnox police officer was stealing money from vehicles he was sent to investigate, they set up an “integrity test” for him.
Trooper Jonathan Eberhardt put $225 of marked money in a pill bottle in the cup holder of a car, entered its license plate as stolen in a database and placed the car under surveillance.
Then, troopers called 911 to report it as suspicious.
Blawnox Officer Joseph A. Lynn was dispatched to the car on Nov. 13, 2019.
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Steve Mitchell, 62, of Philadelphia, pleaded guilty to burglary, conspiracy and receiving stolen property on Wednesday, Jan.13, 2021 in Allegheny County Common Pleas court.
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A Philadelphia man already serving a 10-to-20-year prison term for burglary will serve an additional 3-1/2 to seven years for his theft of more than $140,000 from an 82-year-old Ross woman five years ago.
Steve Mitchell, 62, pleaded guilty to burglary, conspiracy and receiving stolen property on Wednesday before Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Anthony M. Mariani.