Employee’s guilty "plea bargain" does not preclude the appointing authority from citing the criminal charges originally filed against the employee in an administrative disciplinary action
A firefighter [Respondent] was charged with violating the Fire Department’s substance policy after he was arrested for criminal possession and sale of a controlled substance. The Respondent requested that the disciplinary charge regarding sale of a controlled substance be dismissed because the criminal charges were resolved with a reduced plea of criminal possession.
Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings Administrative Law Judge Kara J. Miller found that Respondent’s guilty plea to a reduced criminal charge does not preclude the Department from charging Respondent and presenting evidence of the underlying criminal conduct that led to the arrest.
Judge Miller recommended that Respondent be terminated from his position as a firefighter after finding him guilty of both criminal possession and sale of a controlled substance.
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