Missing Ex-Cop Charged with Theft Found in Missouri

A Woodridge ex-cop who has been sought on theft charges since May has been found in Missouri, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. 

Scott A. Webb, 39, of Romeoville, was arrested Tuesday in Branson, MO, following a traffic stop, the Sun-Times reported. He has agreed to return to Illinois and could be in court by next week. 

on two counts of theft and was being sought on a $250,000 bail arrest warrant. He is charged with taking $30,000 from Crawlin' for the Fallen fundraisers, a bar crawl he helped organize to benefit C.O.P.S. (Concerns of Police Survivors). The organization benefits family members of police officers killed in the line of duty. 

Webb was a 10-year veteran of the . He could face up to seven years in prison if convicted. 

The village learned of "potential wrongdoing" by Webb in August 2010, . He was placed on administrative leave while the village launched an internal investigation and notified the DuPage County State's Attorney's Office. 

Webb submitted his resignation in March. 

Concerns of Police Survivors, or C.O.P.S., hosts support meetings and organizes retreats and camps for kids, teens and spouses of those who have died.

C.O.P.S. also sends families to National Police Week in Washington D.C. to see their loved one honored and put on the National Law Enforcement Memorial.  

Darrah said the thefts occurred between June 2007 and August 2010, totaling $30,000. 

"It's never happened before," said Craig Figgins, president of the Illinois chapter of C.O.P.S. "We're very disappointed and sad that it had to come to this." 

Figgins said the organization relies entirely on public support, and $30,000 is significant portion of money donated to C.O.P.S.

According to the C.O.P.S. website, the Woodridge Police Association has donated $47,000 to C.O.P.S. to date. 

"It's just one person, not a whole organization or a department," Figgins said. "We get so much support from law enforcement throughout the state of Illinois. It's very, very disappointing that one person decided to do what he did, allegedly."