It’s not just some convicted staties who’re nonetheless raking in a pension.
A number of Boston Police retirees who have been federally sentenced in reference to OT fraud proceed to take residence a pension, the Herald has discovered.
Eight convicted BPD retirees are nonetheless in energetic pay standing, in keeping with knowledge from the Boston Retirement System in response to a public data request.
4 of those former Boston cops are incomes greater than $90,000 a 12 months, together with an ex-sergeant who takes residence greater than $100,000.
Right here’s a rundown of those convicted cops, and the way a lot they’re nonetheless making from their pension:
Sgt. Gerard O’Brien — $103,560 ($8,630 a month)
O’Brien was sentenced in reference to an investigation of additional time fraud at BPD’s proof warehouse. The sergeant submitted false and fraudulent additional time slips for OT shifts that he didn’t work on the warehouse.
The “purge” additional time was a 4-8 p.m. weekday shift supposed to eliminate previous, unneeded proof. “Kiosk” additional time concerned driving to every police district in Boston one Saturday a month to gather previous pharmaceuticals to be burned.
For the “purge” shift, O’Brien claimed to have labored from 4-8 p.m., however he and different members of the unit routinely left at 6 p.m., or earlier.
For the “kiosk” shift, O’Brien submitted additional time slips claiming to have labored 8.5 hours, when actually he and different members of the unit solely labored three-to-four hours of these shifts.
As a supervisor, O’Brien endorsed fraudulent additional time slips submitted by the officers on the warehouse for these shifts.
Between December 2016 and February 2019, O’Brien collected about $25,930 for additional time hours he didn’t work.
He was sentenced to 2 years of supervised launch, with six months to be served in residence detention. O’Brien was additionally ordered to pay $25,930 in restitution and a $5,000 advantageous.
Sgt. William Baxter — $94,908 ($7,909 a month)
Baxter was additionally sentenced for his involvement within the long-running OT fraud scheme on the proof warehouse.
Between March 2015 and June 2016, Baxter collected about $9,223 for additional time hours he didn’t work.
The sergeant was sentenced to a few years of supervised launch, with seven months to be served in residence detention. Baxter was additionally ordered to pay a advantageous of $20,000 and restitution of $9,223.
Sgt. George Finch — $89,544 ($7,462 a month)
Between March 2015 and December 2016, Finch collected about $16,151 for additional time hours he didn’t work.
The sergeant was sentenced to a few years of probation, adopted by six months to be served in residence detention. Finch was additionally ordered to pay $11,310 in restitution.
Officer Thomas Nee — $96,564 ($8,047 a month)
Between February 2015 and February 2018, Nee collected about $16,151 for additional time hours he didn’t work.
The officer was sentenced to 2 years of supervised launch. Nee was additionally ordered to pay a advantageous of $2,000, in addition to $16,151 in restitution.
Officer Diana Lopez — $91,368 ($7,614 a month)
Between January 2015 and February 2019, Lopez collected about $36,028 for additional time hours she didn’t work.
The officer was sentenced to 6 months in jail adopted by two years of supervised launch. Lopez was additionally ordered to pay a $5,000 advantageous and $36,028 in restitution.
Officer James Carnes — $82,068 ($6,839 a month)
Between July 2016 and February 2019, Carnes submitted false and fraudulent OT slips for greater than $20,000 in additional time fraud on the proof warehouse.
The officer was sentenced to 2 years of supervised launch, with the primary six months in residence detention. Carnes was additionally ordered to pay a $5,000 advantageous and $20,106 in restitution.
Officer Craig Smalls — $89,868 ($7,489 a month)
Between January 2015 and September 2016, Smalls collected about $16,252 for additional time hours he didn’t work.
The officer was sentenced to 2 years’ probation. Smalls was additionally ordered to pay a $16,000 advantageous, in addition to $16,252 in restitution.
Officer Joseph Nee — $27,900 ($2,325 a month)
Between January 2015 and August 2017, Nee collected about $12,636 for additional time hours he didn’t work.
The officer was sentenced to 2 years’ probation. Nee was additionally ordered to pay a $2,000 advantageous and restitution of $12,636.
A spokesperson for the Boston Retirement System confirmed that these eight BPD retirees are in energetic pay standing for his or her pension.
A federal conviction doesn’t result in routinely stripping a pension, in keeping with the spokesperson.
“Massachusetts law allows for due process for those Members subject to pension forfeiture pursuant to G.L. c. 32, §15,” the spokesperson added. “The entire under, besides one, have had hearings earlier than a listening to officer. Given the amount of circumstances, we anticipate that almost all, if not all, will probably be introduced for Board consideration on the June and/or July board conferences.
“We note that Section 15(6) states that when a ‘member’s final conviction of an offense results in a forfeiture of rights under this chapter, the member shall forfeit, and the board shall require the member to repay, all benefits received after the date of the offense of which the member was convicted,’ ” the spokesperson added.
Officer Michael Murphy — who collected about $16,014 for OT hours he didn’t work, and was sentenced to 2 years of supervised launch — just isn’t in pay standing as a result of when he utilized for retirement advantages, he was suspended by his employer whereas below indictment.
“G.L. c 268A, §25 precludes the payment of a retirement benefit in such a circumstance,” the spokesperson mentioned. “The Board’s refusal to initiate retirement benefits was the subject of an appeal by Mr. Murphy to the Division of Administrative Law Appeals, which was ultimately dismissed in favor of the Board’s decision.”
