tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947503.post3894864377720479670..comments2024-02-25T14:49:40.882-05:00Comments on Council of Lemurs: this stuff happens everywhere, doesn't it?Jayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15299555365146985570noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3947503.post-8345020581595873342012-05-11T12:36:08.114-04:002012-05-11T12:36:08.114-04:00Wolcott has a long storied history of this sort of...Wolcott has a long storied history of this sort of thing.<br />When I was growing up in Wolcott the vice president of the first national bank was caught for stealing $75,000 from the bank, a huge sum of money in about 1950. He was fired but never charged, went to Savannah, about 12 miles away, and got a job as an officer in that bank. The thief was treated as a hero by the locals.<br />In another famous case, a retired New York State trooper was caught steeling from the county welfare fund, an amount said to be over $50,000, and was never prosecuted. When he died he was lauded for over 50 years of "exemplary public service". There have been several other similar events with never a single case being prosecuted. It seems like the best way to be remembered as a hero in Wolcott is to rob from your employer.Dadnoreply@blogger.com