Detectives with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department arrested department safety specialist Wilson Rivera Espinosa on Thursday on one count of embezzlement following a financial crimes investigation.
Rivera Espinosa, who worked in the department’s Passenger Vehicle for Hire Unit, was placed on administrative leave without pay as formal termination proceedings were initiated, CMPD said.
The criminal investigation began after a Sept. 17 routine supervisory review uncovered inconsistencies in payment receipt documentation submitted within the unit…