Two fire departments in opposite ends of the country are in the headlines today with the same problem: insider theft.
In New York, Glenn Kramer, 37, formerly the fire chief of the Hughsonville Fire District is due in Fishkill Town Court on September 19, 2012 on two felony charges of first-degree falsifying business records. He is charged with using another firefighter’s personal identification number to buy gasoline for personal use with the HFD’s credit card.
While the two transactions were for small amounts, $33.61 and $23.51, the district alleges he has misused taxpayer funds over 100 times in the past three years. Kramer was allegedly caught on surveillance video making the purchases.
In California, former Fire Chief Randall Allan Nickley of Columbia Fire Protection District has been arrested for embezzlement of funds from the Columbia Fire Protection District. Prosecutors claim the chief ran the small department with no oversight.
This guy was a constant nuisance to the fire service, if you don’t count his arsonist cronies. He used to steal stuff from fire houses he belonged to including Wappinger Falls, New Hamburgh and so on. He asked a known arsonist to light a fire in his district. Now hes stealing public funds. wish it was known he was still involved in the fire service, some of us might have come forward long ago! Oh and of course he lied about where he lives to get a job with FDNY. What a loser!