Watkins entered employee ID numbers into the time clock enabling employees who were not present to earn overtime not worked.
In the photo below, Watkins is seen holding a piece of paper with DPW employee names and ID numbers while he enters numbers into the time clock at the DPW building.
An investigation by the Union County Prosecutors Office found no evidence to warrant criminal charges.
More to come.
It is well known that a Prosecutor can indict a "ham sandwich" if he wants to. It is also obvious from the "Me Too" movement that influential people have avoided charges from Prosecutors who are amenable to letting the status quo continue.
ReplyDeleteLook at the Union County Prosecutor's track record.It allowed the mess in Mountainside to fester for a year doing nothing until it hit the press and the civil Courts. In Westfield it allowed the Chief to retire under the cloud of a confidentiality agreement with the Town and photographic evidence of theft from the Evidence Locker and granted him the "in good standing" stamp of approval.
The Town has self interest in NOT having charges brought against the person(s) liable for the, at best, lax reporting at Public Works. The Town would prefer to give absolution by inaction rather than admit that its oversight was non-existent.
It spent thousands on an investigation planned to fail in order to bolster its original cover up and then turned to the Prosecutor to save it from further incompetence.
Why would anyone be surprised at the failure of the Prosecutor to find a criminal act?
ReplyDeleteDon’t forget the theft of time by a police supervisor described in a confidential memo from the desk of a former Westfield police chief that was obtained and exposed by TFoTM and posted on this blog.
The prosecutors office didn’t file criminal charges in that matter either.
Just because no criminal charges were filed, doesn’t mean it didn’t happen.
I challenge any of the DPW workers claiming libel or slander to take me to court.
Crimes must generally be proved "beyond a reasonable doubt", whereas civil cases are proved by lower standards of proof such as "the preponderance of the evidence" (which essentially means that it was more likely than not that something occurred in a certain way). ... Criminal cases almost always allow for a trial by jury.
Frank,
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