The former fire chief of the Baker Fire Department has been arrested and charged with payroll fraud, according to the Louisiana State Police.
Christopher Hunt is accused of stealing tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars after officials conducted a four-month long investigation.
The warrant stated that Hunt claimed more than 300 hours of overtime, a total of more than $22,000, according to WAFB 9.
“On Thursday, March 10, a former employee from the City of Baker Fire Department was arrested for allegedly committing payroll fraud, felony theft, computer theft and malfeasance,” Baker Mayor Darnell Waites said in a statement.
Officials with the Louisiana State Police allege Hunt used a computer software program to manipulate the actual overtime codes that he was working, or that he did not work the hours he claimed.
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