MOBILE, Ala. -- A veteran of the Mobile Police Department has retired following a shoplifting incident at an area Wal-Mart, police said Wednesday.

Cpl. Jackie L. Quinnie — who was assigned to the department's traffic safety unit — had been with the department since December 1990, Chief Micheal T. Williams said Wednesday.

Quinnie, 48, was not charged with a crime.

The shoplifting incident occurred Jan. 5 at the Wal-Mart at Cottage Hill and Dawes roads, Officer Christopher Levy, police spokesman, said.

Police would not say what Quinnie was alleged to have taken. The value of the item was reportedly less than $25, Levy said.

Williams said police received a complaint from Wal-Mart on Jan. 13 “that an officer may have been involved in a theft.”

The information was forwarded to the police department’s internal affairs unit, Williams said.

“In this case, our investigators called Corporal Quinnie in for an interview on Jan. 20. He went downtown (to the city of Mobile) on the morning of Jan. 21 and turned in his retirement paperwork.”

Williams said that although in investigation had begun, Quinnie’s decision to retire ended any further action.

“It was misdemeanor theft,” Williams said. “Wal-Mart did not press charges and did not make a police report even though it did some internal documenting of the incident.”

“As far as we are concerned the case is closed with the officer being removed from service,” Williams said.