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from www.bellinghamherald.com – North Carolina Central University officials said they fired campus police Lt. Michael Shaw last August after learning he sold sex toys out of the trunk of his patrol car while on duty.

A state administrative law judge on Wednesday upheld the university’s decision, according to documents filed in the Office of Administrative Hearings.

Selling sex toys to the officers he supervised wasn’t the only mark on his record during his six years of employment at the university.

According to the court affidavit filed Wednesday, Shaw’s commanding officers described him as someone “who typically refused to accept responsibility for his actions.”

In 2010, his commanding officers reprimanded him for failing to contact the campus counseling service after a student attempted to commit suicide.

A year before, he was reprimanded after his actions caused an automobile accident on campus, and, in 2008, Shaw’s commanders said he conducted an illegal search.

He also failed to receive firearm certification “despite the university providing him with numerous hours of practice time and ammunition,” according to the affidavit.

NCCU Police Chief Willie R. Williams and Capt. A.J. Carter would not comment Thursday on why Shaw, despite the blights on his record, had not been fired even before they discovered he sold sex toys at work.

On May 19, 2010, Shaw’s supervisors learned he operated a business, “Shaw & Son’s Enterprises,” and that he emailed officers under his command information about one of his products, “Magic Power Coffee.” In addition to the email, Shaw handed out to his fellow officers a brochure that claimed “Magic Power Coffee” would “improve overall sexual experience,” according to the court affidavit.

Two days later, campus authorities said Shaw sold “Magic Power Coffee” to fellow officers, Bobby Bunch and Myron Wade Bigelow, in the parking lot of the police department.

On May 27, 2010, while on duty and in uniform, Shaw opened the trunk of his patrol car and showed officer Cheryl Geiger a variety of sex-oriented products that he was selling.

Geiger selected several items, but did not have the cash to pay for the items. Shaw told her to take them and pay him later, according to the affidavit.

On June 4, Geiger returned the items to Shaw after she filed a report of the sale to a campus police detective.

Williams and Carter launched an investigation.

Shaw admitted to selling Geiger the sex toys, but said it occurred during his break. He also argued that the items were not pornographic, his conduct was not illegal and disciplinary action, particularly dismissal from the department, was unnecessary.

The department fired Shaw Aug. 15.

Shaw’s lawyer, Mark Key of Lillington, N.C., was unavailable for comment Thursday.