Nearly three years after his retirement following intense public scrutiny of his enormous salary, the former police chief of Methuen, Massachusetts, has been indicted on fraud charges. The offices of Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Joy Campbell and Essex County District Attorney Paul Tucker announced charges Thursday against Joseph Solomon, the former chief of the Methuen Police Department, and former Detective…
"I'm not saying I'm not paid a lot of money," he said."I put a lot of hours in. I work very hard."
Campbell's office said Thursday that Fountain falsely claimed when he applied for the force that he had graduated from the Northeast Regional Police Institute, and that he forged a certificate attesting to his graduation.
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