Former HB Detective Convicted of Stealing Money From Coworker’s Retirement Gift
Updated: Aug 17, 2020
Call it a thin blue crime or an alternative pension plan.
The Orange County district attorney’s office announced yesterday that former Huntington Beach police detective Mario Ricci pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor county of petty theft for stealing money from a coworker’s retirement gift. In the week between Dec. 8 and Dec. 15, 2o16, Ricci pocketed cash from an envelope at department headquarters that fellow officers left donations in for their outgoing colleague.
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