Allegheny County(PA SWAT) cop accused of stealing ammunition

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http://www.post-gazette.com/breaking/20040608copp4.asp

An Allegheny County police officer is in jail today awaiting a hearing on charges that he stole thousands of dollars worth of ammunition and traded it for weapons at a Beaver County gun shop.

Mark Martin Short, a 13-year county police veteran, is charged with theft. But, said District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. at a press conference today, more charges and other arrests are likely.

Short, 52, was arrested at his home in Moon. County police and agents from the District Attorney’s office raided the residence and seized an undisclosed amount of weapons, ammunition and explosives, mostly stored in Short’s basement.

Zappala said Short’s statement to police implicates other possible defendants. Details of what was contained in the cache were not revealed by Zappala, his chief investigator Terry O’Leary or county police Superintendent Charles Moffatt.