Ex-police ballistics expert pleads guilty to theft
DOVER, Del. (AP) — The former chief firearm ballistics expert for the Delaware State Police has been sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to submitting false time sheets.
Sixty-two-year-old Carl Rone pleaded guilty Thursday to misdemeanor counts of theft by false pretense and falsifying business records. He was sentenced to one year of probation on each charge, to run concurrently, and ordered to pay $30,265.39 restitution.
Rone had been charged with felony theft over $1,500 but was allowed to plead guilty to misdemeanor theft after agreeing to pay $10,000 of the restitution amount immediately.
Rone was suspended from his duties in January and indicted in May. He is longer with the police force.