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Texas Chief and Wife Plead Guilty to Embezzlement

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 ...

Curt Varone has over 45 years of fire service experience and 35 as a practicing attorney licensed in both Rhode Island and Maine. His background includes 29 years as a career firefighter in Providence (retiring as a Deputy Assistant Chief), as well as volunteer and paid on call experience. He is the author of two books: Legal Considerations for Fire and Emergency Services, (2006, 2nd ed. 2011, 3rd ed. 2014, 4th ed. 2022) and Fire Officer's Legal Handbook (2007), and is a contributing editor for Firehouse Magazine writing the Fire Law column.

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