"Hull officer faces investigation into embezzling of union funds" by Johanna Seltz | Globe correspondent March 13, 2014
The town of Hull placed a police officer on paid leave this week, pending results of an investigation into allegations of embezzlement of police union funds to buy meals and drinks at expensive restaurants, bars, and adult entertainment clubs.
Officials would not name the officer put on leave.
The embezzlement allegations were outlined in a civil lawsuit filed March 3 in Plymouth Superior Court by Richard McKenna, a recently retired Hull police officer. The lawsuit, filed on behalf of all union members to recover $130,000 in allegedly missing funds, names Police Chief Richard Billings and other high-ranking officers in the Police Department as defendants....
The complaint is one of several filed against Hull officers. In 2011, a female officer filed a sexual harassment suit against Billings and two officers. In 2012, she filed a complaint accusing police officials of misusing a federal grant and docking her pay when she refused to falsify records. Both cases are ongoing.
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Related: Retired officer in Hull sues chief
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