STAFFORD, Va. — An off-duty Fairfax County police officer has been charged with misdemeanor shoplifting after a reported incident at a Walmart in Stafford County, her department said Friday.
Briceida Medina, 38, of Stafford, is accused of failing to scan and pay for merchandise at a self-checkout register, according to the Fairfax County Police Department. Store loss prevention staff made the report.
Stafford County sheriff’s deputies went to the Walmart at 217 Garrisonville Road around 12:37 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 10. They issued Medina a summons on the misdemeanor charge. She was off duty at the time, police said.
Medina has been with the department for three years and is assigned to the McLean District Station. Its Internal Affairs Bureau was told right away, and she’s now on administrative leave while criminal and administrative investigations play out.
The release didn’t say what merchandise was involved or what it was worth.
It’s the second shoplifting case involving a Fairfax County officer in about five weeks. In October, the department charged Scott Abram, a 23-year veteran school resource officer, with two misdemeanor shoplifting counts tied to two Target stores in the county, FOX 5 DC reported. Abram later left the department.
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