Tag Archives: insider theft

A former Pennsylvania fire chief has been given 12 months of probation and must make full restitution for stealing $4,359 from his fire department. William “Bubba” Benecke, who served as fire chief for the Sharon Hill Fire Company, has reportedly already made restitution.

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I hate to pile’on…. but since the news couldn’t get much worse for the Akron Fire Department following yesterday’s firehouse porn video revelation, why not get all the bad news over with at once. Former IAFF Local 330 treasurer Joseph Ruhlin, 41, was sentenced yesterday to two years in prison for stealing an estimated $500,000 from his brother and sister firefighters.

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A Pennsylvania firefighter has been charged with stealing $140,000 from his fire department. John Montgomery was arraigned today on two felony counts of theft and two misdemeanor counts of misappropriation of funds from the Castle Shannon Volunteer Fire Department.

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A New Hampshire news outlet is doing an in depth analysis of the theft of over $200,000 by a local fire chief. The first of two articles was published this week by Seacoastonline.com looking into the theft by former Farmington fire chief Richard Fowler. Fowler is now serving 3 to 6 years in prison and has been ordered to pay restitution of $216,109.

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A Pennsylvania volunteer fire company that has been the victim of insider theft on two occasions last year is now being sued for defaulting on its mortgage. On Friday, Fairway Consumer Discount Company filed suit against the Rice Township Volunteer ...

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Two fire departments in opposite ends of the country are in the headlines today with the same problem: insider theft.

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The former treasurer of a South Dakota volunteer fire department stands accused of stealing $170,000. Denae Baustian, 46, of the Tea Fire Department in Lincoln County, was indicted last week by a grand jury on felony theft charges. The theft ...

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