A Middletown police officer was charged with shoplifting on Thursday for allegedly “skip scanning” items the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office said. Skip scanning is a form of shoplifting that takes advantage of self-checkout counters by scanning lower-priced items without scanning the more expensive ones or by pretending to scan items, hoping their actions bypass the attention of store security measures. The accused officer, Tinton Falls resident Brenden B. Santiago, 36, did it during six different visits to multiple locations of a discount department store chain in December, including once…