Sep 18 - Trooper accused of writing 973 tickets he never issued

Vermont state investigators say a former state police sergeant wrote 973 traffic tickets over a dozen years but never handed them out to anyone.

Officials speculate that the phantom ticket-writing is part of an alleged scheme by former Vermont State Police sergeant Jim Deeghan to justify $139,000 in overtime that he never worked, the Burlington Free Press reports.

State police Detective Lt. Robert Cushing writes in a two-page affidavit filed Monday in criminal court in Burlington that an investigation shows that Deeghan received more than $50,000 alone in false overtime claims to attend bogus court appearances for the falsely manufactured tickets.

Free Press reporter Mike Donoghue writes that the probe began after the newspaper published a report showing Deeghan was paid $136,575 in 2011-12 â?? making him the sixth-highest-paid state employee. His pay included $58,325 in overtime, shift differential and other supplemental income.

The 22-year veteran officer, who resigned his post in July, has pleaded not guilty to two felony charges of making false claims for $3,023 for 63 hours he allegedly never worked.

Deeghan allegedly reported responding to two car crashes and a false alarm that never occurred.


Trooper accused of writing 973 tickets he never issued

973 days not ruined if you ask me.

973 tickets that didn't exist, if you read.

to the cop tho, I aint mad atcha

so no one ever noticed he was "always writing tickets" when it was time for him to get off work[pic]

973 reasons to fire that !!

They always get caught.....lol what a wimpggg.

973 tickets? and it crazy because most traffic tix are what 125 maybe?(well in ohio they are)...so that would be about $122,000 that didn't need to be paid to the county[pic]