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NJ corrections officer union reports $15K stolen from bank account

Charges for credit card payments and purchases from retail stores such as Gap and Lord & Taylor

By Jenna Pizzi
The Times of Trenton

MERCER COUNTY — The union representing Mercer County correction officers has discovered that about $15,000 was stolen from its bank account and used for a variety of purchases, the union treasurer said yesterday.

Treasurer James Kinley said he reviewed the bank account for PBA 167 last week and learned there were charges in amounts from $100 to more than $2,000 for credit card payments and purchases from retail stores such as Gap and Lord & Taylor.

“No one authorized this,” Kinley said.

The mysterious charges began Nov. 28 and continued until Kinley and union President Donald Ryland suspended the bank account on Friday.

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