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<p>WILKES-BARRE &#8212; Wyoming Borough Police Commissioner Michael Flanagan, charged last month on a felony theft count related to a computer and other work-related items from his former employer, pleaded guilty to a reduced misdemeanor charge on Tuesday.</p><p>Flanagan, 52, of Harding, was accused of stealing a computer, a Taser and a portable radio from the Laflin police department he headed until it was dissolved in December 2014, according to court records.</p><p>State police initially charged Flanagan on third-degree felony counts of theft and receiving stolen property, and a second-degree misdemeanor count of tampering with evidence.</p><p>At Flanagan&#8217;s preliminary hearing held before District Judge Thomas Malloy in Luzerne County Central Court, prosecutors and Flanagan&#8217;s attorney, Peter Paul Olszewski Jr., agreed to a deal.</p><p>Under the plea deal, Flanagan pleaded guilty to a third-degree misdemeanor charge of theft, while the receiving stolen property and tampering with evidence charges were withdrawn by prosecutors.</p><p>Malloy fined Flanagan $672.25.</p><p>Flanagan worked for nearly 20 years for Laflin, initially as a police officer and then police chief. Soon after Laflin disbanded its police department, Flanagan was hired as police commissioner for Wyoming.</p><p>Flanagan was suspended without pay when he was charged July 19.</p><p>Borough council Monday night voted to continue Flanagan&#8217;s unpaid suspension.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Wyoming Borough Police Commissioner Michael Flanagan walks out of the state police barracks in Wyoming last month. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/web1_Flanagan.cmyk-1-.jpg</photo0><caption0>Wyoming Borough Police Commissioner Michael Flanagan walks out of the state police barracks in Wyoming last month. </caption0><photoCredit0>Times Leader file photo </photoCredit0></div></div>
<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta><p>By Ed Lewis and Pat Kernan</p><p>elewis@www.timesleader.com</p></bylineMeta></div>

Wyoming police commissioner pleads guilty to reduced theft charge