While disciplinary action may be taken by Wicomico County, criminal charges may be far fetched in the JMB copper wire investigation.
Because the main contractor subbed the job out to a second contractor who then subbed it out to a third contractor, who knows what was said along the way and filing charges more than likely would be a complete waste of taxpayers time and money.
That being said, the individuals involved pretty well knew it was just too good to be true and may have violated several other employee violations while removing the copper, therefore it will more than likely become yet another internal matter within the County BOE.
Similar to the landfill case, chalk yet another one up to the crooked county employees who continue to take advantage of the taxpayers without much accountability.
In the mean time, all the contractors want to do is take the building down and move on to another, (more than likely) government project. You know, the only line of work that you can get paid from.
In closing, from all that I do know from those involved and the info I have acquired, they should be terminated. They knew it was too good to be true and they went ahead with it anyway. However, we ALL know how John Fredericksen and Rick Pollitt handle things, nothing will happen. Didn't at least 10 people walk from the landfill fiasco?
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I want to know if full restitution will be made to the BOE for the copper sale?
ReplyDeleteWhatever happened to the high ranking education official in Delaware that stole all that money? Laurel wasn't it.
ReplyDeleteI hadn't heard about this, what did someone take old wiring from a building that was going to be torn down and put in the landfill? I don't really see a problem at face value, then again, there could be more to it.
The Laurel school district theft was like $150,000 dollars. Hard to believe you would have more mention of a couple of people taking some scrap wire to recycle.
ReplyDeleteIf you're never on the up and up, now is the time to go get a job with the County - they'll look the other way while you do your dirty little deeds. This kind of crap makes me sick - who is honest any more, I'd really like to know.
ReplyDeleteBrenda said...
ReplyDeleteI want to know if full restitution will be made to the BOE for the copper sale?
5:32 PM
That should be to the people of the county.
Maybe Jim Ireton will be fired for stealing from the county. Jim Ireton is getting full time benefits for working part time.
ReplyDeleteanonymous 6:44, that's just plain stupid.
ReplyDeleteWhether those employees get terminated or not depends on who and how much they know about those in power.
ReplyDeleteSo does this mean everyone can just go up there and load up their trucks? After all they just want it taken down. If they can get away with it why shouldn't others be allowed to.
ReplyDeleteI know the scrap yards make copies of the drivers licenses of those who sell scrap to them.
ReplyDeleteA simple check of those records should reveal who has recently ca$hed in copper wiring. Any county employee on that list with access to the JMB project should at least be compelled to give up the loot realized by such sales.
Did the BOE state in their contract what was to be done with the scrap? Was it stated that the contactor was to take down the building and haul it away? If the contract did not specify that scrap and/or copper was to be kept separately and sold in the BOE's name than how could "the three" be charged with stealing from the BOE or the taxpayers. Don't be too quick to find "the three" guilty before knowing if "the three" will be criminally charged.
ReplyDeleteAccording to this article posted by Joe, the main contractor subbed the job to a 2nd contractor, who subbed it to a 3rd. Perhaps the
3rd was "the three" who would work when NOT on the time clock for the BOE.
So many times a situation is not as it seems or is first reported. That is sad because many a person's reputation has been ruined over rumors anf gossip.
anonymous 9:12, what reputation? No names were ever mentioned. Hmmmmmm
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ReplyDeleteIf you go to that jobsite you will see they have cameras installed. Im sure they have it all on tape.
This goes to show you that Government employees, and the BOE employees are government employees, live by a different standard and rulebook. When times are tough, they don't lose their job. Yeah they might get furlough days, but that just means more time off. Get caught stealing, you MIGHT get a letter in your personal file. But you sure will get that sweet pension, you know the thing we private employees had until our employer cut it to save the company (and their Caribbean vacation)
ReplyDeletefirst off if any of you had any idea how construction works you would know that none of the materials from the jmb site slated to be removed by the designated demolition company no longer are owned by the boe or the county.Hence the boe employees "did not" steal from the county or the boe. The materials belonged to the construction company that has the contract for removal. Just wanted to make that clear since so many seem to not understand
ReplyDeleteI think what is important is the wording of the contract. If in the end the contract between the 2nd and 3rd contractor let him keep the scrap than it flows up hill. And the 3rd contractor gets to keep the money and the other contractors who subbed are responsible if they were bound to give the scrap to the previous contractors. They would have to repay. But who know exactly what the contracts were??
ReplyDeleteIf anyone went to the auction in July there was a big debate that days as to what was allowed to be auctioned off and what wasn't. The auctioneer moving through the wings of the building was auctioning off the groups of lockers as he went. A gentleman came along later very upset that if things were "attached" to the building they were to be part of the building salvage (in which it sounded like he had a part.)
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't matter who actually is considered to have "owned" the copper wire, what matters is that apparently some BOE employees helped themselves to it and sold it. Theft is theft, and in this case I believe it might be grand larceny! Who in their right mind would think that anything in a construction site or demolition site is "free for the taking"? Seriously!
ReplyDeleteHey if these guys hussled up a summer job pulling wire and it was done with the contractors knowledge. There is no CRIME. That is why Joe has stated they probably will not be charged.
ReplyDeleteIf you people hussled a little harder instead of spreading half truths about people you may have gotten the wire deal.
In short blow me cry babies.