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Update – Mysterious Misconduct Lands Firefighter in Jail

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Updated:  Charges Laid Out in Open Hearing Friday Morning.  Scroll Down.

A HALIFAX, MASSACHUSETTS, FIREFIGHTER was arrested Thursday afternoon on undisclosed charges and later released on bond.  Matthew Paris was picked up around 4 pm on a warrant and will face an arraignment this morning (Friday).

Halifax Fire Station

Hallifax Fire Chief William Carrico confirmed that one of his FF's has been arrested and said that he will issue a press release later this morning.  News reports are saying that Paris was charged with misconduct on the job, but nothing specific is known yet.  (Scroll down for update that outlines the charges.)

WCVB-TV Ch. 5 posted this video report last night:

 

FF Paris was hired on a part-time basis in 1998 and since 2000 has been a full-time firefighter with the department.  Halifax has six officers, six full-time fireghters and 16 paid-on-call FF's.

The Enterprise has MORE.
Halifax Fire Department WEBSITE.

Update, 1:30 pm Eastern:

Facing a judge in an open hearing Friday morning, Paris heard the charges laid against him for lewd acts committed on a minor.  Specifically, he was charged with two counts of open and gross lewdness, one count of accosting or annoying a person of the opposite sex, and one count of distribution of obscene material to a minor after he allegedly exposed himself and talked about sex to a 14-year-old.

Paris in his court appearance
on Friday.  (NECN image)

Prosecutors said the girl and her parents reported to police four separate incidents with Paris that happened between last summer and last week. The girl said the last incident happened last Friday.

He is being held on $10,000 bail.

NECN filed this video report from the courtroom:

 

The Wicked Local has more details HERE.

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Posted by on January 27, 2012 • Filed under: Fire Rescue Topics, labor, News, Videos • Tagged: , , ,

Maine Firefighter Charged With Arson

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A PRESQUE ISLE, MAINE, PAID-ON-CALL firefighter was arrested Sunday and charged with setting a warehouse fire in the city center last Friday night.  Timothy McFarline, 23, was charged after evidence on the scene and witness statements led to him.

The warehouse was owned by the Northeast Packaging Co. and contained rolls of paper and drums of ink and solvents.  When the Presque Isle FD arrived on the scene just one block off of Main St. they found the back of the building ablaze and the fire already into the roof of the 150-ft. by 300-ft. structure.

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Presque Isle FD photo

The FD concentrated on keeping the fire away from the solvent drums and a large propane tank inside while they were assisted by six other fire departments on the job that lasted 13 hours.  The building was a total loss.  (See the Bangor Daily News for the report on the fire HERE.)

McFarline was also an employee of the packaging company.  Presque Isle Fire Chief Darrell White told WCSH-TV, “The department conducts a background and reference checks as a standard procedure on all potential call firefighters before they are hired.  There were no indications of any concerns in hiring him as a call firefighter.  After his arrest, he was suspended from the department pending further investigation.”  He was released on $5,000 bond earlier today and is scheduled to be in Aroostook County Superior Court in Caribou on January 21.

Posted by on November 16, 2009 • Filed under: arson, Fires, Law & Justice • Tagged: , , , , ,