Dublin CHP officer resigns, is charged with felonies for stealing explicit photos from female arrest

[alp227]

Source: Contra Costa Times

MARTINEZ -- A Dublin-based CHP officer has resigned from the agency and was charged Friday with two felonies for allegedly secretly forwarding himself explicit photos from female arrestees' phones and then sharing the images with colleagues.

Officer Sean Harrington, 35, of Martinez, faces up to three years and eight months in prison under the two counts of computer theft filed against him Friday afternoon in Contra Costa County Superior Court. Harrington submitted his resignation to the CHP on Wednesday, according to a statement released by his attorney Friday afternoon.

Contra Costa deputy district attorney Barry Grove said his office is declining to file charges at this time against CHP Officers Robert Hazelwood and Dion Simmons who, according to court documents, each received stolen photos from Harrington.

Read more: http://www.contracostatimes.com/contra-costa-times/ci_26838885/dublin-chp-officer-charged-felonies-stealing-explicit-photos

[petronius]

1. Good, I'm glad there are serious repercussions

Hope every officer and employee who either participated in or knew about and failed to report this felonious behavior faces commensurately strict penalties...

[loudsue]

2. Martinez is in California, btw. Not everyone knows

where Martinez or Contra Costa actually are.

[msanthrope]

3. Given this other article, there's little doubt that he is a repeat offender.....

http://m.palmbeachpost.com/news/news/crime-law/boynton-beach-police-officer-accused-of-rape/nhwkd/#__federated=1

[Uben]

4. He sent it to colleagues....

..if they did not report it, they covered up a crime and should also be fired and prosecuted to the fullest extent. These LEOs are not immune from the law...we entrust them to protect us and when they refuse to report a colleague's violation of citizen rights, they are guilty as hell of obstruction.

[Feral Child]

5. Good point, Uben.

Tolerating misbehavior and crimes from fellow officers is enabling and that's what has made the environment that bad cops operate within.