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Minneapolis Star Tribune - Min
07 February 2007
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Naylon's attorney decries alle
An attorney representing Ramsey County sheriff's official Mark Naylon said his client is innocent and will cooperate with authorities who are looking into allegations that he stole money, tampered with evidence and interfered with investigations.
Paul Rogosheske also dismissed an FBI surveillance videotape that a source said shows Naylon counting and then pocketing cash hidden in a St. Paul hotel room.
Rogosheske, based on conversations with Naylon, said the incident on the tape stems from a "joke" played on a Ramsey County sergeant who accompanied Naylon and a St. Paul police officer to the hotel room.
Rogosheske, who has not seen the tape, said that all the marked money involved in the integrity test was returned.
"There was not one dime taken," he said. "The integrity test worked."
Sources have said that the money didn't reappear until more than a week later. Rogosheske says that's "totally false," based on conversations with Naylon.
On Friday, FBI agents took Naylon's work computer and files from his office while he was on vacation. They also searched his White Bear Lake home, Rogosheske said.
Sheriff Bob Fletcher said Tuesday that if there are to be any changes in Naylon's job status or duties, they wouldn't take effect until Naylon returns from vacation next week.
The sheriff declined to comment further.
Sources with direct knowledge of the investigation said the probe of Naylon began after informants told law enforcement authorities that they suspected Naylon was stealing evidence.
The FBI planned the sting operation to test Naylon's integrity. An informant working for authorities was instructed to tip Naylon that drugs might be in a Kelly Inn hotel room in St. Paul, a source said. The room was wired with a hidden video camera.
After Naylon received the tip, he asked Ramsey County Sheriff's Sgt. Rollie Martinez to write a search warrant request. The sergeant was apparently unaware of the sting operation.
Naylon, Martinez and Tim Rehak, a 20-year veteran St. Paul police officer, entered the hotel room together. Martinez walked into the bathroom while Rehak and Naylon found the money. Naylon put $6,000 in his pocket while Rehak watched, the source said.
Martinez did not see Naylon pocket it, according to the source.
More than a week later, Naylon turned in the money he had taken, which matched the missing marked bills from the room, sources said.
St. Paul Police Chief John Harrington has said that FBI officials told him months ago that they were looking into Rehak's actions, but that the officer was not the principal of the investigation.
Rehak could not be reached for comment.
Rogosheske, based on a conversation with Naylon, said that the integrity test actually took place about two years ago. Sources initially told the Star Tribune that the test happened last year. After checking further Tuesday, the sources confirmed they were mistaken and the test happened in the fall of 2004.
Rogosheske said that his client would be willing to take a lie detector test "on anything."He doesn't need to steal anything," Rogosheske said. "He's got enough money."
The attorney said Naylon was doing nothing more than pulling a prank on Martinez. Rogosheske said that the money would have shown up sooner, but Martinez didn't immediately put it in the property room, where evidence is stored.
Martinez declined to comment on the allegations.
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