Policeman called to investigate burglary steals cash, ATM cards, wallet from crime scene

Florida police deputy has been accused of stealing cash, credit cards and a wallet from a crime scene.

Orange County Sheriff’s Capt. Angelo Nieves tells local news outlets that Deputy Joseph Suheil Haddad was arrested Tuesday following an internal affairs investigation which found that he’d used the credit cards illegally.

Officials say Haddad responded to a burglary on Sunday, which evolved into a drug investigation.

The person who reported the burglary, Sammy Shehata, was then arrested. When that man asked deputies if he could gather his belongings, he noticed that items including $1,750 in cash and the credit cards were missing.

Shehata said Haddad was inside the house when he went to retrieve his things. “He even said, ‘Well, I don’t have it.’ It’s not like I asked him if he had it,” said Shehata.

An investigation was launched against Haddad, and Osceola County deputies discovered the cards had been used in their jurisdiction.

Shehata said when he got out of jail, he had notifications from his bank that his credit cards had been used, so he reported it to the sheriff’s office.