Anchorage Cop Gets Off Easy After Committing "Stupid" Felony...

Alaska Dispatch
Apr. 17, 2014

A former Anchorage police officer was sentenced Friday for using police resources to share private information with a woman he’d arrested and then started seeing casually. Anchorage Superior Court Judge Michael Spaan said Mark Moeller’s actions were the result of “a boneheaded thought process” and ordered a mental evaluation as part of the defendant’s probation conditions.

“This has got to be the stupidest felony I’ve ever seen in my life,” said Spaan, who added the court needed to make sure there wasn’t a mental issue that contributed to the crimes.

Twenty-six-year-old Moeller had worked as a patrol officer for less than a year when the Anchorage Police Department announced in May 2013 that he’d resigned following an internal investigation. Criminal charges were filed the same month, which originally included 13 charges, eight of which were felonies.

Six month later, Moeller would enter a plea agreement with the state. He pleaded guilty to two of the charges, felony criminal use of a computer and misdemeanor misuse of confidential information, stemming from the former officer accessing a statewide law enforcement database to look up records for his family and the female friend.

Spaan suspended a two-year jail term for the felony, as well as a 90-day sentence for the misdemeanor. Moeller also must finalize the process of permanently giving up his law enforcement certification for Alaska. The court ordered he sign the paperwork by Monday.

The sentence also called for two years of probation with a number of conditions, such as maintaining fulltime employment or enrollment as a student. Office of Public Advocacy defense attorney Emily Cooper said Moeller is enrolled in engineering and welding classes at the University of Alaska. She said he is a straight-A student.

Moeller opted not to address the court. “I have nothing I’d like to add. Thank you for your time, your honor,” he said.

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