Haverhill city official loses pension

Good job, whoever caught this guy. How many more are out there?

Haverhill city official loses pension rj

HAVERHILL, Mass. (AP) - The former head of Haverhill's public works department, convicted of using his job to benefit his own paving and home building businesses, now faces losing his pension. The city's Retirement Board on Tuesday voted unanimously to revoke the more than $65,000 annual pension of former Highway Department Superintendent James Flaherty. Flaherty's lawyer, Scott Gleason, tells The Eagle-Tribune he will appeal the decision in court. Flaherty and his son Kevin, a former foreman in the department, were convicted in June of felony larceny for stealing paving material from the city while they were employed there. James Flaherty is serving six months of a two-year suspended sentence under house arrest. Kevin Flaherty was released after serving two months of a four-month sentence.

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