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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.