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08-20-2002, 03:25 AM
Take from the rich....give to the poor???
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - An Atlantic County fire chief has been
indicted by a state grand jury on charges he stole more than
$20,000 worth of equipment from his department and sold it to
another.
Jay Davenport, 43, of Mizpah, was charged with two counts of
official misconduct and theft by unlawful taking. He faces up to 25
years in prison and a $315,000 fine if convicted.
As chief, Davenport was in charge of ordering equipment for the
Mizpah Volunteer Fire Department.
The indictment alleges that between June 1999 and December 2000
he sold some of that new equipment, including a 500-foot fire hose
worth almost $6,300 and a positive pressure fan valued at $1,550,
to the Belcoville Volunteer Fire Department and pocketed the money.
Davenport also had a potential conflict of interest when
Hamilton Township agreed to buy a new fire truck for the Mizpah
fire department in 1999, according to the indictment.
Davenport was a sales representative for the company that sold
the truck and he received a $3,000 commission from its sale, it
said.
(Copyright 2002 by The Associated Press
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - An Atlantic County fire chief has been
indicted by a state grand jury on charges he stole more than
$20,000 worth of equipment from his department and sold it to
another.
Jay Davenport, 43, of Mizpah, was charged with two counts of
official misconduct and theft by unlawful taking. He faces up to 25
years in prison and a $315,000 fine if convicted.
As chief, Davenport was in charge of ordering equipment for the
Mizpah Volunteer Fire Department.
The indictment alleges that between June 1999 and December 2000
he sold some of that new equipment, including a 500-foot fire hose
worth almost $6,300 and a positive pressure fan valued at $1,550,
to the Belcoville Volunteer Fire Department and pocketed the money.
Davenport also had a potential conflict of interest when
Hamilton Township agreed to buy a new fire truck for the Mizpah
fire department in 1999, according to the indictment.
Davenport was a sales representative for the company that sold
the truck and he received a $3,000 commission from its sale, it
said.
(Copyright 2002 by The Associated Press