Sergeant Fired for Stealing Breakfast Sandwich

[Wardy Landrau -]

September 16, 2008

MORRISTOWN, N.J. – A Rockaway Township police sergeant’s hunger for some breakfast sandwiches has cost him his job.

Sgt. Christopher Stahl pleaded guilty Monday to theft for walking out of a Quick Chek store in Rockaway Borough with eight breakfast sandwiches worth nearly $30.

Under his sentence in state Superior Court, the 39-year-old Stahl will have to pay $100, and he loses his job.

Prosecutor Robert Bianchi said the plea “represents the fact that no one is above the law.”

Defense attorney Edward Bilinkas said Stahl “made a mistake and has taken responsibility.”

WARDY R LANDRAU
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[Edward Opperman -]

8 sandwiches? They should have sentenced him to Weight Watchers...

[Richard Moschetti Jr]

Pretty pathetic!!

[Richard Moschetti Jr]

Pretty pathetic!!!

[Rob Harris]

Expensive breakfast. Cost him his occupation.

[Richard Moschetti Jr]

Maybe he thought it was on the cuff.

[Richard Moschetti Jr]

DAAAAAA!!!!!!!

[Joy Gambrell -]

WOW! See where stupidity will get you.I could see if he was on the job & got an emergency call and he had to respond but came back later and paid for the sandwiches. But he did not, he thought he could use his authority to get away with it. Sad! I don't think he should have lost his job but maybe dealt with in a different way. I'm not condoning what he did. Well now that I'm thinking about it more, yeah he should have lost his job. His sworn duty is to enforce the law, not break it. Good.