Officer Accused of Stealing iPads January 31, 2012, 3:59 pm A New York City police officer was arrested on Monday and accused by prosecutors of committing a crime while he was arresting a suspect. The officer, Anthony Rivera, 39, was charged with stealing two iPads from the car of a person he was in the process of arresting, according to the Staten Island district attorney's office. The thefts occurred in a parking lot near a Target shopping center in Staten Island sometime between April 26 and 29 of last year. The police said they did not know why Officer Rivera was arresting the person in the parking lot. Officer Rivera was charged with grand larceny, criminal possession of stolen property and official misconduct. The arrest was the result of an internal investigation by the Police Department's Internal Affairs Bureau. Officer Rivera has been on the force for five years and worked out of the 123rd Precinct station house on the South Shore of Staten Island.