A Georgia firefighter on the lam from Alabama for a felony charge is still getting paid.
Douglas County Firefighter Daymetrie Williams has been on paid leave since November, according to 11 Alive.
The felony burglary charge occurred two years before he was hired in Georgia in 2021.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation said that the fire department didn't do a background check on him until March 2022, almost a year after he was hired.
Williams' personnel file, obtained by reporters, showed he was written up twice in the span of a few months. He got a written reprimand for an "altercation with an employee" and probation for "unwanted leering."
Checking with universities where he claimed to have obtained degrees in fire science and psychology proved interesting.
West Virginia University said it had no record of Williams even attending its campus, let alone earning a fire science degree while West Virginia State University confirmed he graduated, but did not obtain a degree in psychology, the station reported.
County officials provided a short statement saying the county is investigating the allegations.
Williams makes $46,000 a year.
