Tag Archives: theft in the volunteer fire service

In this episode of Fire Law Roundup for September 2, 2024 Curt discusses a ruling by the Tennessee Court of Appeals that sends the social media-related termination of a Memphis firefighter back to civil service for reconsideration of its termination ...

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An administrative assistant has been charged with stealing over $200,000 from a North Carolina volunteer fire department. Amanda Christine Lamb, 46, has been charged with embezzlement from the Lower Currituck County Volunteer Fire Department.

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The treasurer of a Pennsylvania fire company has been charged with stealing over $70,000 from the company. Nichole Lynn Rawson, 31, is facing eighteen criminal charges. She was the treasurer of the Strattanville Volunteer Fire Department.

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Two members of a New Jersey fire company have been arrested and the fire company shuttered as authorities investigate allegation of financial improprieties. Mizpah Fire Chief Jay Davenport II and Craig Paxton have been charged with official misconduct, conspiracy and theft, according to Atlantic County Prosecutor Damon G. Tyner.

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A South Carolina fire chief who was convicted of embezzling funds from his department has been sentenced to 33 months in federal prison. US Attorney Beth Drake announced today that Judge Richard Gergel had handed down the sentence to former St. Paul’s Fire Chief Doc Matthews

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A part-time administrative assistant for the Falls Township Fire Department pled guilty yesterday to stealing for than half-a-million dollars from the fire department. Kristie L. Howard pled guilty in Muskingum County Common Pleas Court to felony counts of theft, telecommunication fraud, and eight counts of forgery

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The former fire chief of a Texas volunteer fire department pled guilty to embezzling $20,000 from the department.  So did his wife. Ernest Roland Chapman and his wife, Donna Kay Chapman, pled guilty this week to the charges in 42nd ...

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The treasurer of a West Virginia volunteer fire department has been charged with embezzling $88,000 from the organization between 2009 and 2011. Mary Elizabeth Taylor, who was treasurer of the Barboursville Volunteer Fire Department, is accused of stealing $88,065.42 over ...

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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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Another headline about theft in the volunteer fire service… this time in Pennsylvania … $74k

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The missing fire chief from the Terlton Volunteer Fire Department in Pawnee County, Oklahoma has been arrested in New Mexico. Chief Charles Badgwell is wanted in connection with the embezzlement of fire company funds. Chief Badgwell was arrested last Friday ...

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Two New York cases are in the news today, both of which raise the same frustrated response: not again! In Charlton, New York, the treasurer of a volunteer fire department is accused of stealing between $400,000 and $500,000. Virginia DeCapria, ...

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