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Article: Eden Prairie officer charged with fraud; Suspect worked as Vikings security guard.(NEWS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- August 27, 2003
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Byline: Howie Padilla; Kevin Siefert; Staff Writers
The Eden Prairie police officer accused of using credit cards in the name of Minnesota Vikings running back Michael Bennett told an investigator that he was trying to pay expenses, according to charges filed Tuesday.
"I thought I could save money, I guess," Brent Griffith, 38, told the investigator. "It's my fault. There's nobody else to blame."
In addition, Swift County sheriff's deputies who searched Griffith's home in Benson, Minn., found $1,476 in season tickets belonging to a Vikings assistant equipment manager.
"It's pretty much the worst scenario possible - a security guy ...