A police officer is accused of stealing from a Goodwill store, and investigators said they have the surveillance tape to prove it.
Brice Miller was about to be fired, but then retired after 23 years on the job.
Twice in May, surveillance video showed Miller pulling up to the back of the Goodwill store on North Woodland Boulevard while he was on duty.
The loss prevention manager called police when he saw the video.
We tracked down the woman who said she received donated dishes and clothes from Officer Miller.
She didn't want us to show her face or use her name, but said Miller would go out his way to help her and others in the community.
"He is a good man as well as an officer," the woman said.
According to the internal investigation report, Miller admitted to taking the goods, but said it was to help needy people in the community.
"I was grateful, very grateful," the woman said.
The officer apparently claimed he had permission, but investigators said his story didn't add up.
"It's a matter of public trust,” said Sgt. Chris Estes from the DeLand Police Department. “It's unacceptable behavior. And as the chief put it earlier, we're not going to tolerate it. It's an embarrassment for our agency and the entire law enforcement community as a whole."
A sign hangs behind the Goodwill store, forbidding people from taking things.
Goodwill decided not to press charges.
We knocked on the door of the officer’s home, but no one answered.
People who said they’ve received help don’t believe the punishment fits the crime.
"It was outside on the ground,” the woman said. “He didn't go in the store and steal anything, you know."
Miller has not been arrested for any criminal behavior, but now the Florida Department of Law Enforcement will review the case.