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Page 12A LOCAL The Champion, Thursday, March 26 - April 1, 2015 from CHAMPION 404.737.7779 www.TheChampionNewspaper.com Wednesday, April 1 & May 6, 2015 Discover DeKalb offers FREE CUSTOMER SERVICE TRAINING for hospitality industry employees. Classes are held at the Discover DeKalb Conference Room. 1957 Lakeside Pkwy, Suite 510, Tucker, Georgia 30084 © servrce centric ACADEMY Call 770-492 Pre-registration is required AtlantasDeKalb.com Reduce • Reuse • Recycle Former Dunwoody detective pleads guilty to running fraudulent warrant checks Former Dunwoody Police detective Robert Pasquale Bentivegna has pleaded guilty to disclosing sensitive law enforcement information in exchange for receiving kick- backs for him and his family “It is a sad day when a ca reer law enforcement officer turns his back on decades of public service by selling his access to sensitive law en forcement information,” said Acting U.S. Attorney John Horn. “Bentivegna’s conduct undermines trust in law en forcement and could have ex posed the public to significant harm.” J. Britt Johnson, special agent in charge, FBI Atlanta Field Office, stated, “The FBI’s No. 1 criminal investigative program remains that of pub lic corruption due to the vast harm that it can cause. The guilty plea of former Dun woody Det. Bentivegna il lustrates the betrayal of the badge by a very seasoned law enforcement officer and the consequences that he now faces for this betrayal.” “Acts of corruption with in the Department of Home land Security represent a seri ous threat to our nation and undermine the integrity of all DHS employees, who strive to maintain the integrity of the Department,” said James E. Ward, special agent in charge, department of Homeland Security, Office of Inspec tor General. “The Office of Inspector General and its law enforcement partners will continue to pursue allegations of corruption and hold such shameless individuals like Mr. Bentivegna accountable.” According to the charges and other information pre sented in court, in July 2011, Bentivegna, employed at the time with the Dunwoody Po lice Department and who had also served as a federal task force officer, began using an individual connected with a variety of illegal activities as a confidential informant. In exchange for valuable personal items for himself and his family, Bentivegna performed searches and in formed the confidential infor mant about any active arrest warrants listed under the in formant’s name in the Georgia Crime Information Center (GCIC) database. “Such information can be valuable information to crim inals, allowing them to flee before authorities can arrest them,” according to a news release by the U.S. Attorney’s Office. In exchange for the in formation, over the course of approximately 18 months, Bentivegna received airline tickets for himself and his wife to travel to New York, his daughter received a convert ible car, which she used for more than a year, and his son received a car to drive for a period of time. Bentivegna, 64, of Woodstock pleaded guilty to computer fraud for access ing information in the GCIC database for an improper pur pose. Sentencing is scheduled for June 1, before U.S. District Judge Leigh Martin May. Saturday, April 18, 2015 - Comfort Inn Suites - Northlake 2060 Crescent Centre Boulevard, Tucker, GA 30084 | Workshop: 10:00 to Noon Get it right here, right now! Subscribe today to be in the know discover Family Reunion Capital of the South [MMM (FmaS^ (MmMs PUmafinsj
