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May 29, 2009

Ex-trooper arrested again

By ANDREA VanVALKENBURG

PLATTSBURGH — A former trooper who was involved in a 2007 official-misconduct investigation has been arrested again.

Plattsburgh-based State Police arrested Robert Czora midday Friday and believed the former 14-year veteran of the force possessed property that was recently stolen from a local business.

Czora, 40, resigned from the State Police in November 2007 after a police investigation revealed that he scammed an unsuspecting out-of-state driver.

An investigation found that the former Valcour-based trooper stopped a speeding driver on Interstate 87 and then drove her to a Keeseville bank, where she withdrew $300 that Czora told her she needed for bail.

Czora took the money and never issued the woman a ticket.

He soon became the focus of an official-misconduct investigation after the woman contacted local authorities inquiring about her court appearance, unaware that she had never actually been ticketed.

During the investigation, Czora attempted to return the money to the woman through a third party but never explained why.

He later resigned, pleaded guilty to the misdemeanor misconduct charge and paid a $1,000 fine.

Czora, who joined the agency in 1992, has never publicly commented on the misconduct.

The Morrisonville resident is now behind bars at Clinton County Jail on $10,000 cash bail or $20,000 bond.

He is facing a felony charge of third-degree criminal possession of stolen property.

It was initially unclear what items had been taken from Northeast Printing and Distribution Company and how the items allegedly came into Czora's possession.

Investigators handling the case could not be reached for further comment early Friday evening and no additional information about the case was immediately available.

E-mail Andrea VanValkenburg at: avanvalkenburg@pressrepublican.com

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