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Hastings Cop Charged With Stealing $10 Bottle Opener
EAGAN, Minn. (AP) - A Hastings police officer has been charged with stealing a $10 bottle opener. If he's convicted he could lose his job.
Forty-seven-year-old Rene Doffing was charged Friday with misdemeanor theft. The case is being investigated and prosecuted by Eagan to avoid a conflict of interest.
Defense attorney Paul Engh tells the Minneapolis Star Tribune his client will provide a statement of innocence to Eagan police on Monday. Engh says Doffing did nothing wrong and his conscience is clear.
Prosecutors say a Dakota County deputy saw Doffing reach over the bar at a Hastings restaurant in November, grab a corkscrew and slip it in his pocket. Both the deputy and Doffing were off-duty.
Hastings police Chief Paul Schnell says Doffing was placed on administrative duty Wednesday.
(Copyright 2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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