NJ Cop Charged With Stealing Photog's Camera Gear At Delaney Hall [View all]
Source: crooksandliars.com
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The journalist, Angelina Katsanis, was on assignment for The Associated Press at Delaney Hall on Saturday night.
By Susie Madrak — June 6, 2026
A New Jersey police sergeant has been charged with stealing $10,000 worth of cameras and other equipment from a photojournalist who had been injured covering tense protests ..........................
Darryl Brown, a sergeant in the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, was caught with the missing items after the photojournalist used an Air Tag to trace her missing gear to his home, the state’s attorney general said Thursday.
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“I checked my Airtag and the bag was already on a highway pretty far away at that point,” Katsanis recalled. “Right away, I had a feeling it was the police because they were the only ones with access to that area.”
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A subsequent review of Brown’s body camera footage showed him “interacting” with the bag at the protest location, according to the attorney general’s office. A search warrant executed at his home Wednesday turned up several of the missing items, some bearing Katsanis’ name and phone number, the complaint said................
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As Katsanis sought treatment in a nearby hospital, the Airtag pinged to a home in Sparta, New Jersey, which was listed as belonging to Brown, according to the attorney general’s office
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