PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. (WSVN) --
Police have arrested and charged a fellow officer after he was captured on
surveillance video footage stealing a watch from a jewelry store during an
investigation into a robbery at the shop.
Pembroke Pines police officer,
37-year-old Kevin Burgs, was one of several officers who responded to a
break-in at the Jared, The Galleria of Jewelry store at 11077 Pines Boulevard
on Feb. 5.
That morning, suspects had come
through the store's ceiling in the Pembroke Lakes Square shopping center and
stole an estimated $75,000 worth of jewelry, according to investigators. The
men fled the scene before police arrived.
According to the Pembroke Pines
Police Department, Burgs was captured on surveillance video carrying a ladder
around the store. On another piece of surveillance, two watches are seen on the
floor. Burgs is seen putting down the ladder to pick up his gun. As he picks up
the gun and leaves the store, only one watch remained.
Investigators said they found
the watch, worth nearly $8,000, inside Burgs' police cruiser.
Burgs has been charged with
grand theft. Burgs has pleaded not guilty.
He has been suspended
without pay. A scheduling hearing is set for July 17.