Vermont State trooper resigns in missing Rolex case

WILLISTON, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont State Police trooper who was suspended with pay whereas detectives examine lacking property, together with a $14,000 Rolex watch, from an proof storage room has resigned, state police have confirmed.

Trooper Giancarlo DiGenova, who has been with the state police since 2009, resigned efficient Tuesday, a state police spokesman mentioned.

Detectives are investigating attainable grand larceny, possession of stolen property and different fees, based on court docket data. No fees have been filed.

State police introduced DiGenova’s suspension in late December.

A request for a search warrant that was accepted by a choose Dec. 22 mentioned the lacking property included a Rolex wristwatch and different objects seized by narcotics investigators and Burlington police on Nov. 22. DiGenova confirmed a Rolex to a different trooper after which had a watch appraised by a Burlington jeweler, based on the search warrant request. DiGenova instructed investigators he’d purchased the watch from a relative and returned it.

DiGenova’s lawyer, David Sleigh, mentioned final month that numerous troopers had entry to the property room and DiGenova had been making an attempt to purchase a look ahead to his son’s twenty first birthday and he acquired one from a cousin that he later returned.

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