State police arrested a New Jersey cop and his wife Monday afternoon on suspicions of shoplifting at the Galleria at Crystal Run.
Police said Michael J. Messenger, 39, of Glenwood Park, N.J., and a police officer in Cliffside Park, N.J., stole items worth a combined $510 from Sears and J.C. Penney, along with his wife, Christine. Their three children – ages 4, 2 and 1 – were with them, police said.
The Messengers were each charged with two counts of petty larceny and one count of endangering the welfare of a child, misdemeanors, and issued appearance tickets.
Bill Maer, a Cliffside Park borough spokesman, said Michael Messenger, a seven-year veteran of the police department, was suspended Tuesday without pay pending the resolution of the case and an internal investigation.
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