UPDATE: Officer Accused of Gas Theft Has Been Fired

MINDEN

A suspended Minden police officer accused in May of felony theft was fired Monday night by the Minden City Council.


The vote was unanimous to fire Craigburke Bucknor, effective on the date of his May 2 suspension. Bucknor’s suspension has been without pay.

Bucknor, 30, was arrested by Minden police detectives after an investigation indicated he had accessed another officer’s gas card to charge $400 in fuel for personal use.

Bucknor confessed to detectives after being confronted. He had been employed with the department since 2005 and had no prior disciplinary problems.

In other police-related matters Monday, the City Council:

* Accepted the resignation of police officer David Bradshaw, effective Sunday. Bradshaw had been recommended for termination by the Personnel Committee.

* Confirmed the employment of Heath Humble as a Minden police officer, subject to his successfully passing all applicable tests.

* Reappointed firefighter Tom Guy Mandino and police officer Julie Harmon to the Minden Municipal Fire & Police Civil Service Board. Both will serve three-year terms.

Minden, Louisiana Officer Accused of Stealing Gas

Officer Craigburke Bunknor is accused of using a department gasoline card for his own personal use. According to the records he used a gas card that was assigned to the schools resource officer, and another officer’s PIN number to put $400 worth of gas into his personal vehicles and charged it to the city. Officer Buchnor did this on 10 different occasions, and was recorded on security camera twice.

Minden Police Chief T.C. Bloxom said he noticed a discrepancy in the fuel usage for Bunknor fuel card when he was reviewing the departments expenses for the month.

Officer Bucknor was arrested by detectives when he arrived for duty at the police department at 10 p.m. He was booked into Bayou Dorcheat Correctional Center on a charge of felony theft.

Bucknor has been suspended without pay.

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Guess the gas prices are getting a little to high for everyone. Almost don't blame him.