Former Crestline fire chief gets fined and time, for 2 felonies

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A former Crestline Fire Department chief will spend two months in the Richland County Jail. According to Richland Source, Matthew Wells on Monday was sentenced to 60 days in jail after he pleaded guilty in June to two criminal counts related to working full-time jobs for multiple public agencies simultaneously and was ordered to pay $26,384 in restitution and audit costs and serve four years of probation and is also barred from serving in public-sector employment. Ohio Auditor Keith Faber’s office said Wells, through a plea bargain, admitted to single felony counts of tampering with records and theft in office.


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