Former Pa. police chief sentenced to prison time for $41K theft

Former Pa. police chief sentenced to prison time for $41K theft

The Northampton County judge sentenced the man to prison instead of the probation his lawyer pushed for.

Ex-Hellertown police chief sentenced for stealing money from borough

Hellertown's former police chief will spend time in prison for stealing cash from the borough and forging other officers' signatures.

Ex-Hellertown police chief will spend at least nine months in prison for theft of $41K

When Katie Pursell has a parenting dilemma, she asks herself, “What would Bob do?”She made the statement about her good friend, Robert Shupp, at his sentencing hearing Wednesday in Northampton County Court. The former Hellertown police chief admitted to embezzling $41,000 in drug forfeiture funds and petty cash from the department.

Ex-Lehigh Valley police chief sentenced to county jail for stealing from his department

Former Hellertown police Chief Robert Shupp was sentenced to county jail time for theft and other charges.