By Mike Connors
A former city police officer
was sentenced to 30 days in jail Thursday for stealing more than $3,000 from
three prostitutes.
Michael Mobley, a 30-year-old
who also served on the department’s dive team, pleaded guilty in February to
two counts of misdemeanor embezzlement. He faced up to two years in jail. He
can serve his sentence on consecutive weekends.
According to prosecutors,
Mobley approached prostitutes on two occasions in July 2012. He entered their
Greenbrier hotel rooms and questioned them under the guise of a police
investigation.
Mobley seized money from the
three women and told them it would go to Chesapeake schools. Instead, he
pocketed it.
Deputy Commonwealth’s Attorney
Derek Wagner said Thursday that Mobley’s actions were worse than other thefts
because he “used his badge to steal money.”
Mobley declined to comment
after sentencing, but he said in court that the past few years have been the
hardest of his life.
Defense attorney Teddy Black
said this was an isolated wrongdoing by Mobley, who resigned in February before
his plea.
Since then, he has been a mate
on boats and plans to go to dive school, Black said.
“He made a terrible mistake,
and he’s going to pay for that mistake for the rest of his life,” Black said.
