A St. Louis firefighter who was accused of utilizing a bank card that belonged to the sufferer of a vehicular accident he responded to final yr, has pled responsible to receiving stolen property and fraudulent use of a bank card. Arnold S. Britt, 41, pled responsible to 1 felony and one misdemeanor cost, and within the course of admitted to stealing the person’s pockets and bank card.
The accident occurred on February 28, 2023 and concerned a car accident that injured Seven Robinson, age 18. Following the accident, Robinson reported that his pockets was lacking. He instructed police he recalled being requested for his ID on the scene and whereas his ID was returned, he by no means received his pockets again. Robinson later reported that a number of prices had been made on one among his bank cards outdoors of metropolis limits.
Britt, 40 on the time, was initially positioned below investigation by St. Louis detectives when police physique cam footage from the accident scene confirmed a person matching his description asking Robinson for his pockets. The video then confirmed the person eradicating the pockets from Robinson’s pocket, it, and handing Robinson’s identification to a police officer. Two battalion chiefs had been in a position to establish the person as Britt. Detectives had been additionally in a position to find surveillance video that put Britt’s private car on the areas the place the bank card transactions occurred.
Britt stays on administrative go away from the division. He faces as much as 5 years in jail when sentenced in September.