Brewer Faces Theft Trial; Conspiracy Charges DismissedMaddox Also Cleared Of ChargesPOSTED: 3:19 p.m. EST January 25, 2002 PITTSBURGH -- A former Wilkinsburg police chief will stand trial on theft charges.
But a district justice Friday threw out a conspiracy charge filed
against Gerald Brewer and all charges filed against former borough
detective Diana Maddox.
Brewer, 49, and Maddox, 36, were arrested Nov. 6 and charged
with stealing more than $20,000 from a police department evidence
safe since 1999.
The district attorney's office began investigating after two
Wilkinsburg police officers discovered money seized as drug
evidence missing from the safe in Brewer's office in May 2000.
Brewer resigned in December 2000.
According to the indictment, Brewer and Maddox often played
video poker and went to a West Virginia racetrack twice a month.
The couple's financial records also showed "a mountain of debt"
totaling $58,585, authorities said.
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