ManitobaA veteran Winnipeg officer has pleaded guilty to stealing electronics from police evidence last year, including an iPad that was supposed to be returned to the victim of a robbery.Const. Jeffrey Conrad marked phone for destruction, then stole it, court hearsCaitlyn Gowriluk · CBC News · Posted: Oct 02, 2025 7:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 5 hours agoA Crown attorney told court Wednesday prosecutors expect to ask for a conditional sentence order of somewhere between six months and a year. (Radio-Canada)A veteran Winnipeg officer has pleaded guilty to stealing electronics from police evidence last year, including an iPad that was supposed to be returned to the victim of a robbery.Const. Jeffrey Conrad was charged following an investigation by the Winnipeg Police Service professional standards unit, which began after officers discovered items missing from evidence control, police said in a news release in September 2024.Those items included an iPad that had been stolen from a 37-year-old woman during a robbery in January, then recovered by officers through routine checks of transactions at Winnipeg pawn shops.The iPad was processed and deemed releasable to the woman, but officers discovered in May 2024 that it was missing.Conrad, who had been with the Winnipeg Police Service for 24 years, admitted to stealing it while working in the evidence control unit, a provincial courtroom in Winnipeg heard Wednesday.The officer appeared in court wearing a suit during his brief hearing, as Crown attorney Samir Hassan laid out some of the details of what Conrad was admitting to when he pleaded guilty to one count of theft under $5,000.He also admitted to stealing an iPhone that was in evidence, which police discovered in his possession and seized when they arrested him, Hassan said.”As a result of subsequent investigations, they were able to determine via the serial number that that iPhone was also within the evidence locker while he was employed in that capacity — and was marked for destruction, actually, by the accused,” Hassan told court.”But ultimately [it] was not destroyed and was stolen by Mr. Conrad.”Hassan said prosecutors expect to ask for a conditional sentence of somewhere between six months and a year for Conrad. CBC News requested an update on Conrad’s employment status from Winnipeg police Wednesday. At the time of his arrest, police said the officer had been placed on administrative leave pending a review.Conrad’s sentencing is scheduled for February.ABOUT THE AUTHORCaitlyn Gowriluk has been writing for CBC Manitoba since 2019. Her work has also appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press, and in 2021 she was part of an award-winning team recognized by the Radio Television Digital News Association for its breaking news coverage of COVID-19 vaccines. Get in touch with her at caitlyn.gowriluk@cbc.ca.Follow Caitlyn Gowriluk on X
Winnipeg police officer pleads guilty to stealing iPad, iPhone from evidence
