Ex-Wilkinsburg Chief's Trial DelayedBrewer Accused Of Stealing Evidence MoneyPOSTED: 8:14 a.m. EDT April 22, 2003 PITTSBURGH -- The trial of a former police chief accused of
stealing money seized as evidence in drug cases has been delayed.
Allegheny County Judge Raymond Novak on Monday pushed back
former Wilkinsburg police Chief Gerald Brewer's trial until June
10.
Brewer, 49, who now lives in Jupiter, Fla., is charged with
stealing more than $20,000 from an evidence safe in the suburban
Pittsburgh police department from 1999 until his resignation in
December 2000.
The district attorney's office began investigating Brewer after
two Wilkinsburg police officers discovered money seized as drug
evidence missing from the safe in Brewer's office in May 2000.
According to an indictment, Brewer often played video poker and
went to a West Virginia racetrack twice a month. Financial records
showed he had "a mountain of debt," authorities have said.
Brewer's lawyer has maintained the former chief's innocence,
saying the missing cash is the result of poor bookkeeping.
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