Florida deputy, accused of stealing from deceased man's home, resigns from department (Report)

Deputy Jason Cooke, pictured on video allegedly stealing from a deceased man’s home, resigned from the Palm Beach Sheriff’s Department on Wednesday.

A sheriff’s deputy in Florida, who was arrested after getting caught on video stealing from a deceased man’s home, reportedly resigned Wednesday night.

Palm Beach Sheriff’s Deputy Jason Cooke quit his position in the department after being charged with burglary and grand theft with a firearm and spending 30 days in a drug rehabilitation facility, WPEC reported.

Cooke was caught on home surveillance video lurking around the home of Moe Rosoff, an 85-year-old man who had injured himself during a blackout in Hurricane Irma, and later died at a hospital.

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