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    Former jail guard pleads guilty to falsifying records

    Former jail guard pleads guilty to falsifying records

    From Sun-Sentinel.com

    One of seven Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office lieutenants and sergeants accused of manipulating a computer system to earn extra overtime pay has pleaded guilty, Palm Beach County State Attorney Michael McAuliffe announced on Wednesday.

    Former Corrections Sgt. Faulton C. Kemph, 44, was convicted of falsifying records and is facing up to one year in jail, prosecutors said.

    The evidence showed that during 2006 and 2007, Kemph and six fellow officers accessed the guard duty overtime computer system. They assigned themselves lucrative overtime shifts guarding hospitalized inmates before the shifts were made available to rank-and-file deputies. Had those regular deputies been assigned those shifts, at their lower pay grade, it would have saved taxpayers about $300,000 in the first year alone, authorities said.

    Others who were investigated for rigging the system over a four-year period included sergeants Kathy Dent, John McCaffrey and Edy Velasquez, and lieutenants George Behar, Sandra Nealy, and Darrin McCray, according to the State Attorney's Office.

    According to arrest documents, Kemph was paid for 467 hours of overtime made available through the scheme, Dent was paid for 410 hours, McCaffrey for 340 hours, Velasquez for 464 hours, Behar for 152 hours, Nealy for 716 hours, and McCray was paid for 338 hours.

    Kemph earned an extra $31,033 working the fraudulent overtime hours, according to court records.

    Other jail commanders were penalized at the time for not doing enough to investigate or stop the scheme, records show.

    Maj. Christopher Kneisley got a five-day suspension without pay, Maj. Tammy Waldrop a three-day suspension and Lt. Eddie Jones a six-day suspension.

    The jail's former top official, Col. Keith Chambers, accepted a $320,600 buyout package and retired in October, 2007, just weeks after the Sheriff's Office launched its extensive criminal investigation, investigators said.

    The internal affairs investigation found that Chambers knew about the pervasive scheme but considered it a software failure rather than a possible violation of criminal law.

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    Post Re: Former jail guard pleads guilty to falsifying records

    Ha a year in JAIL... No 100 hrs community service and 6 months probation.. And keeps his PENSION.. Thanks for the TRUTH!!!

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    Re: Former jail guard pleads guilty to falsifying records

    Quote Originally Posted by Guest
    Ha a year in JAIL... No 100 hrs community service and 6 months probation.. And keeps his PENSION.. Thanks for the TRUTH!!!
    h

    I wish you guys actually looked at facts. The attorneys HOPE thy have a loophole but it is a gamble, one I hope fails because they are all guilty

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