James “Jimmy” Carver, of Bramwell, West Virginia, has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $160,000 from the Bramwell Volunteer Fire Department for which he had served as chief for 30 years. According to authorities, Carver made at least $164,736.64 in unauthorized expenditures from the Bramwell Fire Department’s First Community Bank account for his own benefit over a period of at least 6 years. He was sentenced to probation and ordered to pay restitution.
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Another slap on the hand for stealing $160K? Petty thieves get two weeks in jail, this is clearly a form of corruption to allow these thefts to go virtually unpunished.
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