{"id":218777,"date":"2026-06-14T05:57:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T05:57:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/218777\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T05:57:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T05:57:23","slug":"fmr-allentown-pennsylvania-police-officer-accused-of-stealing-5500-after-drug-raid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/218777\/","title":{"rendered":"Fmr. Allentown, Pennsylvania police officer accused of stealing $5,500 after drug raid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">ALLENTOWN, Pa. (WPVI) &#8212; A former police officer in Allentown, Pa. is accused of stealing thousands of dollars following a drug raid, the Lehigh County district attorney said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Jason Krasley, 47, surrendered to authorities on Friday and was later released on $100,000 unsecured bail.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jason Krasley\" class=\"hsDdd NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl vBqtr KrDt itslR zFTjo hakZw HlUVI \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/15548420_111524-wpvi-jason-krasley-walk-shot-img.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The alleged theft happened after a drug raid on a barbershop in 2019.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Police seized cocaine, drug paraphernalia, and cash. An evidence inventory receipt at the time showed $16,000 in cash among the seized items.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">However, the district attorney said, a second inventory receipt was completed at the Allentown Police Vice Office indicating that $10,500 in cash was found.<\/p>\n<p>Lehigh County District Attorney Gavin Holihan holds a news conference to announce the arrest of a former Allentown police officer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">An investigation concluded that Krasley stole the missing $5,500, said District Attorney Gavin Holihan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Krasley is charged with theft and tampering with evidence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">He served on the force from 2002 to 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WPVI-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALLENTOWN, Pa. (WPVI) &#8212; A former police officer in Allentown, Pa. is accused of stealing thousands of dollars&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":218778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[95464,119,121,120],"class_list":["post-218777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-allentown","tag-95464","tag-allentown","tag-allentown-headlines","tag-allentown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/218778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}