KENSINGTON, Calif. (AP) — A
Northern California police sergeant has finally been suspended after his gun
was stolen last year, reportedly by an alleged prostitute in a hotel room.
The San Francisco Chronicle
reports that 47-year-old Sgt. Keith Barrow has also had "other substantial
sanctions imposed upon him by the department."
Barrow's attorney Justin
Buffington confirmed the suspension. Barrow works in Kensington, a small town
next to Berkeley.
The incident began last May
when Barrow, who was off duty, woke up in a Reno hotel room to find this badge,
handcuffs and service pistol stolen by a prostitute who he had paid $70 for
sex.
The next morning, the
prostitute's pimp shot himself in the leg during an argument at a pawnshop. It
was not immediately clear why the suspension took so long.
