STILL ANOTHER CINCINNATI FIREFIGHTER HAS BEEN ARRESTED and charged with a criminal act. Eric Bacon, 34, was arrested yesterday for stealing city-owned equipment and giving it to his girlfriend to sell on eBay.
After executing a search warrant on his house, Cincinnati police charged Bacon with the thefts and arrested Angela Smith, 27, who was charged with two counts of receiving stolen property. She was booked into the jail about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Eric Bacon
Police also arrested another (now former) firefighter, Thomas Mason yesterday for failing to show up for a court appearance last Thursday. Firegeezer covered Mason’s escapades HERE in an article about the failure of the Cincinnati Fire Dept. to adequately screen and monitor applicants and new hires.
Over the past four years, the CFD has been averaging one arrest per month. The department’s foggy fire chief, Robert Wright, who refers to fire victims as “satisfied customers,” is strangely protected by the city manager and allowed to muddle along.
This latest chapter in the degradation of one of the country’s oldest fire departments is described by the Cincinnati Enquirer HERE.
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