Crime & Safety
Fired Police Officer Accepts Plea Deal
Lenner, fired for blocking internal investigation, gets fine, supervision and community service.
A Bethlehem police officer who was fired for tampering with an internal investigation into police brutality today pleaded no contest to a charge of criminal mischief, according to this report in The Morning Call.
, 29, was fined $400, sentenced to a year of supervision and 20 hours of community service in Northampton County Court today.
Lenner was accused of to obtain a surveillance video shot by a camera mounted outside of Roosevelt’s 21st bar during the arrest of Cory Vazquez in March 2010.
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Detectives wanted the video to determine whether was guilty of brutality when he arrested Vazquez following a chase through city streets.
Lenner is appealing his February firing by City Council.
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