Friday, November 30, 2012
Former veteran Hatboro Police detective sergeant John Becker was sentenced Friday to up to 23 months of house arrest and seven years probation related to guns and drugs thefts and misuse of informants.
A former veteran Hatboro cop was sentenced Friday to 15 days behind bars in connection with felony charges stemming from his theft of narcotics, guns and cash and his misuse of informants to obtain drugs to feed his habit. John Becker, 43, of Horsham, who had served as a Hatboro Police officer for 17 years prior to his March 2011 suspension and his resignation in June 2011, was sentenced Friday afternoon following his guilty pleas in August to 18 charges, including 10 felony firearms counts, stemming from his arrest in May. Becker's 15-day sentence will begin on Dec. 26 at 9 a.m. Following that sentence, Montgomery County Judge Garrett Page ordered Becker to serve the remainder of his 11 1/2 to 23-month sentence via house arrest and …
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Attorneys differ on whether the arrest of former Hatboro Police detective sergeant John Becker, who was assigned to the Montgomery County Drug Task Force, could impact arrests he made.
A criminal defense attorney contends that “every case” that ex-cop John Becker assisted with could potentially be jeopardized and Montgomery County may have been “exposed to liability.” Becker, 42, of Horsham, a 17-year Hatboro Police veteran, as well as a special county detective for the Montgomery County Drug Task Force for more than a decade, is accused of coercing informants to buy drugs for his own personal use. He has also been charged with allegedly stealing cash, guns and drugs from the Hatboro Police Department’s evidence locker. The thefts alone - some of which Becker admitted to in this criminal complaint - are enough to taint his credibility, according to criminal defense attorney Peter Scuderi. “Who knows what to believe? Why …
Friday, May 18, 2012
The former veteran police officer left his Hatboro post with $7,200 and the money he contributed to his pension.
Even after Hatboro officials suspended then-detective sergeant John Becker without pay as a criminal investigation got underway, the borough continued to pay his medical insurance and bi-weekly child support, an official told Patch. The payments continued, according to the source, until Becker’s resignation in June. Besides the health insurance payment, $394 was paid to Harrisburg every other week to cover child support on behalf of Becker. Upon his resignation in June, the borough reportedly paid Becker $7,200 for accumulated sick pay, vacation and holiday time. But, Becker, who is facing more than a dozen charges related to his alleged theft of cash, drugs and guns from the Hatboro Police Department’s evidence locker, as well as his …
Thursday, May 17, 2012
John Becker, a 17-year veteran with the Hatboro Police Department, surrendered to the Attorney General’s office Thursday morning.
A decorated police officer that had worked for the Hatboro Police Department until last spring is facing numerous charges related to his alleged misuse of authority to obtain drugs during a two-year period. John Becker, 42, of Horsham, a former detective sergeant with Hatboro Police Department, turned himself into the Attorney General’s Office Bureau of Criminal Investigation Thursday and was preliminarily arraigned before Hatboro Magisterial District Judge Paul N. Leo. According to a press release from the Attorney General’s Office, Becker, who joined the Hatboro Police force in 1994 and rose to the ranks of corporal in 2000 and sergeant in 2003, is accused of using police department informants to make drug purchases on his behalf. Becker…
Mike fellman
10:27 pm on Sunday, February 24, 2013
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