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Former Somers Fire Chief Charged With Embezzlement
Somers Volunteer Fire Department
A former chief of the Somers Volunteer Fire Department has pleaded not guilty to stealing over $13,000 from the department.
Robert W. Kienas Sr., pleaded not guilty to one count of felony theft during his arraignment in District Court on Oct. 22.
Prosecutors say the 50-year-old Kienas misappropriated donations by writing checks to himself, altering deposit slips to get cash back and making cash withdrawals from a department bank account from 2005 through 2007. Kienas was chief from 2001 through 2007.
Robert W. Kienas Sr., pleaded not guilty to one count of felony theft during his arraignment in District Court on Oct. 22.
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