State Trooper From Brewster Charged In Theft Of $22K In Equipment

SOMERS, N.Y. – A state trooper assigned to the Somers barracks is facing charges in connection with the theft of landscaping equipment, state police said.

State police have arrested one of their own in the 2014 theft of landscaping equipment. Marko Kos, 35, of Brewster, a trooper assigned to the Somers barracks, now faces felony grand larceny charges.
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Carol Reif

03/02/2016 2:30 p.m.

Marko Kos, 35, of Brewster, was arrested on Wednesday, March 2, and charged with third-degree grand larceny, a felony, police said.

The 13-year Troop K veteran took $22,000 in landscaping equipment while he was off duty, state police said.

The theft had been reported to the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office in 2014, police said.

Kos has been suspended without pay and is awaiting arraignment in Town of Southeast Court, state police said.

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