Two police officers accused of taking money from purse brought to Mounds Police Department

SAPULPA — Mounds’ two police officers were charged Tuesday after an investigation into missing money and property room items.

Police Chief Chad Long and Assistant Chief Jerry Grafton were each charged with one count of embezzlement.

Grafton admitted to police that he and Long each took $5,000 from a purse that a woman turned over to the Mounds Police Department in September 2010, court records show.

The woman found the purse in the parking lot at the Dollar General store in Mounds.