EAST ORANGE — Three sheriff’s officers have been charged with stealing high-end sneakers and a designer belt from a home that they had searched during a drug investigation.
Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II and Essex County Sheriff Amir Jones announced the charges Friday, condemning what they described as a betrayal of public trust.
Sneakers and designer belt vanish after raid
The theft happened on Jan. 10, 2023, during a raid at the East Orange apartment of Kirk Mansook, who was arrested on minor drug charges and later released.
When Mansook returned home, he discovered that multiple boxes of luxury sneakers and a designer belt were missing, prosecutors said…