Tag Archives: embezzlement

A New York fire department has filed suit against a former fire chief and his wife alleging they improperly used department funds for personal purposes. The Marbletown Volunteer Fire Department filed suit against former fire Chief William Storrs and former treasurer Nicole Storrs.

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In this episode of Fire Law Roundup for May 27, 2024, Brad and Curt discuss a Massachusetts firefighter charged with federal identity theft in an effort to rejoin the fire service after  losing his job for stealing from his unions; ...

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A Massachusetts firefighter has been arrested on federal identity theft charges. He is suspected of having stolen the identity of a dead person following his conviction for embezzling from the firefighters’ union of a different Massachusetts fire department and using his new identity to rejoin the fire service.

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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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An audit report released last week by the New York State Comptroller’s Office confirmed that the treasurer of the Hannibal Fire Company stole at least $850,000 from the company. The treasurer, George Parry Jr., committed suicide last year as investigators were accessing the fire company’s financial records that were stored at his home.

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A former fire chief and his son have pled nolo to charges involving the misuse of department funds. Thomas Perry, 53 the former fire chief of the Chapmanville Fire Department, and his son, Cody, 35, were indicted last year on embezzlement, conspiracy, and fraudulent schemes charges.

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A woman has been charged with embezzling funds from a North Carolina volunteer fire department. Nicole Manning is facing three counts of stealing from the Stumpy Point Volunteer Fire Department

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The former treasurer of a North Carolina volunteer fire department has been charged with stealing over $48,000 from the department. Kimberly Hutchens Reeves is facing felony larceny charges for her alleged theft from the Pearce’s Mill Fire Department.

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In this episode of Fire Law Roundup for November 21, 2022, Brad and Curt discuss the $242k settlement of a lawsuit filed by a Buffalo firefighter who was fired for using medically prescribed marijuana, the indictment of a Texas fire ...

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The former treasurer for Detroit Firefighters IAFF Local 344 has been sentenced to serve one year in federal prison following her guilty plea to embezzling over $200,000. Verdine Day was also ordered to pay restitution of $220,043 to Local 344, and will be on supervised release once her prison term is complete.

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The treasurer for the Detroit Firefighters Association, IAFF Local 344, pled guilty to stealing over $200,000 in union funds. Verdine Day, 62, entered the plea before District Judge George Caram Steeh last week. She is facing up to thirty-years in prison.

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A Pennsylvania fire chief has been charged with embezzling over $57,000 from a federal grant program. Fire Chief Anthony Dibona was arraigned in US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania earlier this week. He faces a single count of embezzlement and several IRS related counts.

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The former president of Fulton Professional Firefighters IAFF Local 2945 has been charged with stealing between $22,000 and $30,000 from the union. Scott Peterson, 47, was charged today with felony stealing.

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A Wyoming fire chief and his wife have been arrested and charged with embezzling funds from the fire department. Green River Fire Department Chief Michael Nomis, 50, and his wife, Stephanie Nomis, 46, were arrested today following a lengthy investigation by the Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Office.

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