A firefighter has been charged with stealing thousands of dollars by collecting thousands of dollars in disability while continuing to work for the city and collecting a pay check, Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew Carey announced Friday.
A New Brunswick firefighter has been arrested and charged with collecting more than $40,000 in disability while also collecting a pay check. NEW BRUNSWICK -- A city firefighter has been charged with stealing thousands of dollars by collecting disability while continuing to work and get a pay check, Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew Carey announced Friday.
Carey said Dell Walker, 54, of New Brunswick, was charged with second degree insurance fraud, a third degree count of theft and a fourth degree charge of forgery.
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An investigation by New Brunswick police Detective Thierry Lemmerling and county Detective Linda Infusino determined Walker filed the disability claim in December 2013 and collected $42,000 in disability, Carey said.
He said Walker forged paperwork to continue receiving the disability checks while he continued working as a firefighter.
Walker has been a firefighter in New Brunswick for more than 19 years and collects an annual salary of $108,020, according to state records.
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