ELLSWORTH — An on-call city firefighter has been placed on administrative leave after police charged him with stealing thousands of dollars from a firefighters organization.
Roger Salley, 46, of Ellsworth was arrested Friday morning and charged with theft (Class C). Police said Salley, who served as treasurer of the Senator Hale Hose Company, “allegedly embezzled $9,009.68 from the organization.”
The membership of the Senator Hale Hose Company consists of all full-time and on-call members of the Ellsworth Fire Department, according to the department’s website.
The organizations often work together to plan and fund raise for events such as the Maine State Federation of Firefighters Convention that was held recently.
Since the discovery of the alleged thefts earlier this month, Salley has paid $9,000 of the money back, according to Lt. Harold Page of the Ellsworth Police Department.
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