Although my telephone call to the Township Manager was never returned, Supervisors are finally taking action against an employee who embezzled nearly $1,000 from the Township's recreation fund. I first told you about this last week.
After the theft was discovered, employee Amy Fields, who has been with the Township for about ten years, was placed on administrative leave with pay. Last week, she made full restitution, with money borrowed from one of the Supervisors. Because Judy Henckel is facing a re-election contest, the hope was that this would quietly go away.
That dd not happen. Residents began calling Supervisors to complain, and at Monday night's meeting, I'm told that Supervisors have now decided to place Fields on administrative leave without pay. They've scheduled a disciplinary hearing this week, and will also turn the matter over to the state police for criminal investigation. That's something that should have been done right away.
I know one county employee who got caught stealing and was given a second chance. She then stole $80,000.
I was not at the meeting, and am relying on information supplied by my unreliable intern, Ron Angle. An Express Times reporter was also there, so I would expect to see a story there soon.
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Tuesday, May 14, 2013
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Hi Bernie:
ReplyDeleteFinally, after pushing hard, the UMBT supervisors decided this wasn't going away quietly. You can't accuse them of a "cover up" (although it stinks of one) but they bungled it for sure. I bet my bottom dollar that if your blog wasn't available this would never seen the light of day.
Judy Henckel didn't want to tell me how much was stolen, Karasak had to. Amazing. She NEVER answers questions, just word-smith'd psycho-babble.
Ron red them the riot act about ONLY auditing the rec fund, not everything. You should have heard JUdy trying to get around that. What total bullshit.
I taped the entire meeting so you can hear everything that would be ordinarily editied for "brevity" in the meeting minutes. Apparently, Hallet contacted Morganelli's office about changing minutes - very serious stuff.
Antoni
In house is the most henous act officials can participate in against the public,and the punishment shold be public stoning of all involved excluding no one ¿
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@4:30 or, having your lawyer steal it from you...
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