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Supervisors.
Believed to be an actual photo of Lon Wolber stealing gas
Police Officer Allegedly
Stole More Than 2,500 Gallons of Gas
The 28-year veteran with
Fairfax County Police retired after he was relieved of his duties and placed on
administrative leave.
By Mary Ann Barton (Patch
Staff)
May 19, 2015
Former Fairfax County police
officer Lon Wolber was indicted Monday on a felony embezzlement charge,
allegedly for stealing more than 2,500 gallons of gas for his own personal use,
according to Fairfax County Police.
Police said Monday afternoon
in a news release that Wolber was with the force for 28 years and was assigned
to the Franconia District Station at the time of his “separation” with the
force. 
As part of the department’s
internal investigation, Wolber was immediately relieved of his duties as a police
officer and placed on administrative leave. He subsequently retired, FCPD said
in the news release. Both criminal and administrative investigations are
ongoing.
Police did not give a
timeframe of when Wolber was asked to leave or when he retired. Police did not
put a dollar amount on the gas that was allegedly stolen, but gas is currently
going for about $2.71 a gallon, according to AAA. Multiplied by 2,500, that
works out to $6,775.
The felony embezzlement is in
violation of the Code of Virginia § 18.2-111 and one count of Misuse of public
funds in violation of the Code of Virginia § 18.2-112.1. This indictment
follows a lengthy internal criminal investigation that began last year by the
Fairfax County Police Department, FCPD said in the news release.
In October 2014, an employee
within the Fairfax County Police Department’s Resource Management Bureau
noticed suspicious activity at a county fuel pump location, according to FCPD.
Based on this, an investigation was initiated at the direction of Colonel Edwin
C. Roessler Jr, chief of Police. The investigation determined Wolber was
allegedly stealing fuel from the county gas pumps for his personal use; to
date, the loss has been discovered to exceed 2,500 gallons of fuel.
