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Witness: Police chief sought 'good word' for theft suspect

Originally published: February 4, 2013 9:41 PM
Updated: February 4, 2013 9:42 PM
By ANN GIVENS  ann.givens@newsday.com

Zachary Parker leaves the Nassau County Courthouse after

Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Zachary Parker leaves the Nassau County Courthouse after being sentenced in Mineola, New York. (Sept. 19, 2012)

A Nassau police officer testified Monday that a chief in the department asked him to call his aunt, a high school principal, and "put in a good word for" the son of a police benefactor who had stolen electronics equipment from her school.

Kyle Poppe said he was "shocked," when then-Deputy Chief of Patrol John Hunter texted him in May 2009 and asked him to get in touch.

Hunter then asked...

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