A former officer accused of taking a Perry Township Police Department Taser gun now faces a felony theft charge.
Michael P. Polen, 30, remains free on bond. He was arrested Wednesday on a felony theft-in-office charge.
Polen is accused of removing an $820 Taser X-26 gun and cartridge while still employed with the Police Department. He failed to return both upon his termination, court records say.
Polen denied the allegation when reached Thursday.
“It’s something that happened a year ago. I forgot that I had it. I had put it in a safe, and it was returned,” Polen said.
“They have it in their possession, so I don’t see how it’s theft.”
Polen was fired after he was found guilty of driving drunk while off-duty in 2008. State troopers said they found him passed out behind the wheel of his vehicle.
Polen will be arraigned on the theft allegation Friday in Municipal Court.
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