{"article":{"id":170729,"heading":"Hell freezes over!!! Cop punished for stealing $2,100 too!!!!!","author":"Republic","created":"2006-07-27 15:07:35","modified":"2006-07-27 15:07:35","last_modified":"Thu, 27 Jul 2006 22:07:35","article":"<p>Ex-officer is sentenced in cash theft from family  <br><br> PHOENIX - A former police officer who stole $2,100 from a family as he investigated a burglary at their home in February was sentenced Tuesday to three months in jail and two years' probation. <br><br> Jeremy Mangum, 26, will be eligible for work furlough while in jail. He pleaded guilty to a theft charge in May, according to the Maricopa County Attorney's Office. <br><br> Mangum also must complete 500 hours of community service and surrender his police officer certification. <br><br> He had been a Phoenix police officer for three years at the time of his arrest and worked out of the Maryvale precinct. <br><br> Mangum was sent to investigate a burglary in a west Phoenix home on Feb. 27.  <br><br> The residents became suspicious of him, discovered the cash missing and reported the incident. Investigators recovered the money from the officer and arrested him.<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"http:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/arizonarepublic\/local\/articles\/0726b-azbriefs0726.html","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":"This almost never happens a cop gets busted for a crime and he actually gets punished for it. Jerry Mangum must have really pissed off his cop boss for this to happen to him.","numcomment":0,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2006\/07\/170729.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[]}