Hamburg detective about to lose badge

Stunning news has surfaced about a Hamburg Police detective and her alleged involvement with a motorcycle gang.

The United States Attorney's Office says she had access to police information, and that she used that information to assist a motorcycle gang.

Now, a police veteran of more than two decades, is expected to admit wrongdoing and retire from the force.

Detective Laurie Staley-Stone, a veteran of the Hamburg Town Police Department, is expected in federal court next week, the U.S. Attorney's Office confirms.

Sources tell News 4 that the detective has been under investigation for a while in connection with the illegal distribution of police information.

Sources familiar with the investigation tell News 4 that Staley-Stone accessed a law enforcement database and provided sensitive information to the Chosen Few motorcycle gang.

The information, sources say, includes mug shots and personal information about members of the Kingsmen, a rival motorcycle club.

According to a government criminal complaint, mug shots were posted on a bulletin board of the Chosen Few's club in Depew.

The FBI even recorded conversations of members talking about it "if they do raid this house, we're nailed big time," one member says. "We're doing homework, educating ourselves," another member says.

In May, dozens of suspected Chosen Few members and associates were arrested by an FBI-led task force.

The government's case includes allegations of bombings and threats of violence.

As for Detective Staley-Stone, the State Comptroller's Office confirms that she has put in her retirement papers, and will receive benefits regardless of any legal problems she may be facing.

Dennis Tompkins of the New York State Comptroller's Office said, "The New York State Constitution protects all public employees pensions. What that means is that you cannot do anything to diminish or reduce benefits to a public employee once that public employee has earned those benefits."

Detective Staley-Stone is scheduled to appear before a federal magistrate next Wednesday and plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge. Under the plea agreement, she will retire and collect her state pension.