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Termination recommended for correction officer's relationship with inmate.

The Department proved that a correction officer received over one hundred telephone calls from an inmate housed in her facility, had resided with the inmate, and had failed to notify her command of the relationship.

Dep't of Correction v. Baker (in PDF), OATH Index No. 556/10 (Nov. 13, 2009).

Delay was not a ground to dismiss charges.

Although the misconduct charges were timely served, the employee argued they should be dismissed because of the five year delay in bringing the case to trial. ALJ Tynia Richard denied the motion.

Human Resources Admin. v. Green (in PDF), OATH Index No. 3347/09 (Nov. 18, 2009).

Former City worker fined $10,000 for violations.

In June 2009, ALJ Kara Miller found that a former City employee violated the City Conflicts of Interest Law by using her position as an eligibility specialist to obtain personal information about a welfare recipient which the specialist used to obtain a cell phone contract and a credit card.

Conflicts of Interest Bd. v. Smart (in PDF), OATH Index No. 2588/09 (June 30, 2009), adopted, Bd. Dec. (Nov. 23, 2009).

Two mobile food vendors engaged in fraudulent scheme.

The Department of Health and Mental Hygiene proved that two mobile food vendors collaborated in falsely claiming a permit decal was lost.

Dep't of Health & Mental Hygiene v. Koumniotes (in PDF), OATH Index No. 1072/10 (Nov. 24, 2009).

Police Department may retain seized car.

In a vehicle retention hearing, the evidence showed that respondent had pled guilty to criminal facilitation in the fourth degree. The crime involved a shooting near a school.

Police Dep't v. Aponte (in PDF), OATH Index No. 1311/10, mem. dec. (Nov. 24, 2009).