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Former Fire Chief In Westchester Admits To Embezzling More Than $120K Former Fire Chief In Westchester Admits To Embezzling More Than $120K
Former Fire Chief In Westchester Admits To Embezzling More Than $120K A former fire chief in Westchester is facing a decade behind bars after admitting to embezzling more than $100,000 from the Briarcliff Manor Fire Department. Ossining resident Robert Garcia, 51, the former president and chief of the Briarcliff Manor Fire Department pleaded guilty to the embezzlement of more than $120,000 from the fire department in White Plains federal court this week. Garcia was elected to the position of second assistant chief of the Briarcliff Manor Fire Department in April 2013, making him an officer of the Briarcliff Manor Fire Council, which oversees the department. …

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