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A former employee of the Beaver County Sheriff's Office lost his law enforcement certification Wednesday over allegations that he twice stole ammunition from his department and sold it to a pawn shop.

Steven Kline was one of 28 peace officers who faced discipline by the Utah Peace Officer Standards and Training Council (POST) during its quarterly meeting Wednesday in St. George.

Kline, 43, was working for the sheriff's office in July 2014 when state investigators began looking into reports that he had taken multiple boxes of the department's ammunition to a shop and was paid $320, said Marcus Yockey, the council's legal adviser from the state attorney general's office.

Kline admitted that he sold ammunition to an Iron County pawn shop and pleaded guilty to wrongful appropriation, a class B misdemeanor, according to court documents. He was put on probation for a year and given a suspended sentence of six months in jail, court papers state. He was fired from the sheriff's office, Yockey said.

Although POST attorneys recommended a three-year suspension of his license in accordance with state disciplinary guidelines, the council voted to revoke Kline's credentials.

In another case that the council revoked certification, a former school resource officer in Harrisville was accused of offering to perform sex acts on a man and a teen boy who suffer from cognitive disabilities.

Officer Brett Hadley, who was fired in December, also was accused of exposing his genitals to the victims and offering to send an explicit photo to the adult in October 2015 in Ogden, court documents state.

He also allegedly paid an adult $60 for sexual favors in October 2015, Yockey said.

Hadley, 39, pleaded no contest to attempted sexual solicitation and contributing to the delinquency of a minor, both Class B misdemeanors, and charges of lewdness and intoxication were dropped, court documents state.

The council's revocation of his certification exceeded attorneys' recommendation of a 2½-year suspension, Yockey said, which was elevated from the one-year suspension proposed in state guidelines.

Neither Kline nor Hadley appeared before the council to offer defenses.

The council revoked four other officers' certifications:

• Iron County sheriff's employee Galen Allred lost his certification for allegedly using a department fuel card to gas up his personal car to haul a horse trailer to a rodeo, Yockey said. He resigned from the department in January.

• Sarah Broderick was terminated from the Department of Corrections in 2013 after investigators learned of an array criminal allegations she hadn't disclosed to her police academy, Yockey said, ranging from traffic citations to a domestic violence arrest. The council ordered her certification revoked, surpassing attorneys' recommendation of two years' suspension.

• Jeffery P. Moody, who resigned from the Salt Lake County sheriff's office, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault in a 2013 domestic dispute in which Moody allegedly punched his ex-wife's boyfriend repeatedly, even as the boyfriend "made no aggressive or threatening moves an never tried to fight back," Yockey said. State guidelines, he advised, call for revocation of certification.

• Austin L. Stubblefield, who resigned from the Grand County Sheriff's Office, saw his certification revoked over a 2014 fight that Yockey said left Stufflefield's wife with multiple injuries to her face. He pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault.

Lengthy suspensions were issued in several other cases.

Sonjia Vasquez, who was fired from of the Utah Department of Corrections, faces a four-year suspension for fighting with rangers at an undisclosed national park while she was off her anxiety medication.

"Had she had her medication," said her attorney Nate Nelson, the incident wouldn't have happened."

The council placed a three-year suspension on Adam Burton, who resigned from the Iron County Sheriff's Office last year on allegations he pushed his wife twice in August 2015 when she tried to intervene as he argued first with his friend and then with a neighbor who told Burton to be quiet. He also allegedly made a fake 911 call when he wanted his wife to come home from a bar she was visiting; Yockey said he falsely claimed three women were fighting at the bar.

Former Springville officer Greg Turnbow had his certification suspended for three years on allegations that he confessed to using his wife's prescription painkillers and lied about it during the POST investigation. Turnbow said in Monday's meeting that he falsely confessed in order to placate his wife but never used her medication.

The certification of Jason Elwood, who was fired from the Uintah County sheriff's office, was suspended for four years after Yockey said investigators discovered he'd had sex in a correctional facility multiple times, with two of his co-workers.

"I have taken the steps in my person life and professional life to rectify the issues that led to these incidents," Elwood said. "I ... would like to one day rejoin the esteemed ranks of law enforcement."

Larry Cunningham, who was fired from Bringhurst Process Service, saw his certification suspended for three years because he falsified a return of service, claiming he served a subpoena to a woman who lived several hours away when he had given the papers to her husband, who worked near Cunningham's office. Michael Adams, who resigned from the Washington City Police Department, faces a suspension of 18 months for receiving sexual favors during a massage at a massage parlor that was under investigation for alleged prostitution.

Ryan Borrowman, who resigned from the Washington County Sheriff's Office, had his certification suspended for two years due to a domestic dispute in which he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor disorderly conduct.

Kason Clark Boyle was suspended from certification for two years for failing to disclose past prescription drug abuse when he first was certified. Boyle was not employed as a peace officer when the offense was discovered.

Justin Butler, who resigned from the Payson Police Department, received a one-year suspension for driving with a blood alcohol content of .105.

Ellen Guadarrama received a two-year suspension for failing to disclose past marijuana use when she applied for the police academy. She was not employed as a peace officer when the offense was discovered.

Shane Harding, who resigned from the Sandy Police Department, received a one-year suspension for submitting a false time slip for 24 hours he didn't actually work at his second job as a private security guard.

Darin Hoover, who resigned from the West Valley City Police Department, saw his certification suspended for three months for slapping his adult daughter in the mouth during an argument.

Richard Maes, who was fired from the Department of Corrections, received an 18-month suspension for crashing his motorcycle while driving with a blood alcohol content of .255.

Brandon George Oborn, who resigned form the Tooele County Sheriff's Office, was given a nine-month suspension over a domestic dispute in which he broke the side mirror on his wife's van.

Jason Sparks, who retired from the Tooele County Sheriff's Office in January, was given a one-year suspension due to a domestic dispute in which his wife was bruised by a swinging door.

Six other officers were given letters of caution for alleged offenses that included misuse of police records, disorderly conduct, trespassing, criminal mischief, and class C misdemeanor child abuse.