Post by WaTcHeR on Feb 7, 2007 13:15:25 GMT -5
Feb 06, 2007 - Two members of the Onondaga County Sheriff's Department are facing civil charges, following an internal investigation.
Deputy Pat Morris and his sister Mary, a payroll specialist, have been suspended for 30 days without pay. Pat is accused of taking too many vacation days; Mary is accused of hiding it.
"We think it's a significant amount of time, which translates to a significant amount of money," said Sheriff Kevin Walsh.
Pat and Mary have been working for the Sheriff's Department since 1987 and 1983, respectively. Walsh said it is unclear how long the misconduct has been occurring, but he maintained no other employees were involved.
"We've looked farther into the files, and it just appears to be these two," he said. "There does not appear to be anybody else that was involved in this."
Walsh has turned all of the evidence over to the District Attorney, who will determine whether to file criminal charges. If charged and convicted, the Morrises could face up to seven years in prison on each count.
Morris is the fourth deputy to be caught on the wrong side of the law in 14 months. In October 2005, Deputy John Geruso was accused of having sex with two female inmates in a janitor's closet. Last October, Deputy Dick Drumm retired amid charges he had been double dipping: using company time and equipment to do outside fingerprinting jobs. And two months ago, Deputy Tim Chavers was accused of accepting bribes from inmates in exchange for alcohol and cigarettes.
Walsh said they were all isolated incidents.
"It's a very small number compared to the number of employees that we have," he said.
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Deputy Pat Morris and his sister Mary, a payroll specialist, have been suspended for 30 days without pay. Pat is accused of taking too many vacation days; Mary is accused of hiding it.
"We think it's a significant amount of time, which translates to a significant amount of money," said Sheriff Kevin Walsh.
Pat and Mary have been working for the Sheriff's Department since 1987 and 1983, respectively. Walsh said it is unclear how long the misconduct has been occurring, but he maintained no other employees were involved.
"We've looked farther into the files, and it just appears to be these two," he said. "There does not appear to be anybody else that was involved in this."
Walsh has turned all of the evidence over to the District Attorney, who will determine whether to file criminal charges. If charged and convicted, the Morrises could face up to seven years in prison on each count.
Morris is the fourth deputy to be caught on the wrong side of the law in 14 months. In October 2005, Deputy John Geruso was accused of having sex with two female inmates in a janitor's closet. Last October, Deputy Dick Drumm retired amid charges he had been double dipping: using company time and equipment to do outside fingerprinting jobs. And two months ago, Deputy Tim Chavers was accused of accepting bribes from inmates in exchange for alcohol and cigarettes.
Walsh said they were all isolated incidents.
"It's a very small number compared to the number of employees that we have," he said.
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