What do you guys think about this one!? Former Orange County Firefighter arrested

[HPD84]

Former Orange County Firefighter arrested on fraud charges | www.wftv.com

 

[theolog]

I think it's bullshit, but I don't think it rises to the level of being criminal. Certainly not to the level of 20 years in prison.


Technically he's obtaining property/money by false pretenses, but the BIGGEST issue in my mind is that this mope risked the lives of his brothers by lying about a condition that could have led to HIM becoming the emergency, as well as risked the lives of the citizens he's supposed to be protecting.


Everyone wants to be a fireman (especially cops...LOL) but this is taking it way too far.

 

[11b101abn]

I have no desire to be a water fairy, man. Not once. Ever.


Hunting people is full of winsauce.

 

[HILO]

Still better than a fire fighter shooting a gun in his station, burning houses in his neighborhood, then robbing a bank and a gas station.

 

[nluszcz]

So theft of 100k is okay, as long as he doesn't shoot anyone?

 

[Doug]

Public servants are supposed to be held to a higher ethical standard, and when we let the public down (we do, unfortunately, at times), it's news because it's a fail on a higher level. If a mid level customer service manager is arrested for embezzlement, it's news, but not so much as when a VFD's financial secretary or a city manager is arrested for the same thing - because the standards are higher, and thus, the fall from grace is longer, and the sudden stop at the end is that much more abrupt. Oh, and there's more dirt flying around.


My two cents.

 

[dustymedic]

I'm sure nobody twisted his arm to take workers comp money after an off duty illness that he knew was not line of duty. If he admitted that he lied about about his preexisting after his MI, he would have gotten fired and might have gotten away with restitution and community service. but applying and receiving workers comp disability, that a criminal act....