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"A former Waukesha County sheriff's lieutenant is now facing criminal charges, accused of stealing pain pills from her dying grandmother.Sarah Massa, 36 recently resigned under the weight of the investigation.VIDEO: Former deputy accused of stealing pills from grandmotherThe Waukesha County Sheriff's Department launched an internal investigation in November after Massa's own grandfather reported he thought she might be stealing her grandmother's Percocet.According to the criminal complaint, which charged Massa with theft and obstructing an officer, the grandfather \"suspected his granddaughter was involved in these thefts, because she has been at the residence during the times when the pills turned up missing.\"The complaint said that the grandfather said Massa was a \"good kid,\" but something was going on, and he knew that she was in pain because of a back problem.Agents from the Department of Justice set up a video camera in the grandmother's bedroom, which captured Massa taking pills. She later admitted the theft but didn't offer an explanation.Massa was placed on administrative duty in December by the Sheriff's Department and resigned March 5.Massa's husband, Chris Massa also resigned earlier this month as a Waukesha police officer after a sexting investigation, but there's no indication in his wife's criminal complaint that the two cases are related.According to the complaint, after she was recorded taking the pills, Sarah Massa returned to her grandfather's house to try to convince him to drop the charges and blamed her aunt for stealing the pain pills.Sarah Massa's grandmother passed away last month.Waukesha County Sheriff Daniel Trawicki would not comment on the case because it is still ongoing."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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