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Boston Globe - United States
09 November 2008
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Ethics charge dropped for reti
Charles B. Lincoln, a retired Brockton police lieutenant who became a "poster child" for alleged pension abuse after collecting $140,000 annually from two public jobs, has had conflict-of-interest charges against him dropped by the State Ethics Commission.
The commission ruled that calling in sick, which Lincoln did repeatedly in order to work two jobs, did not violate conflict-of-interest laws.
"We're delighted once [the commission] looked at the case they realized there wasn't a case," said lawyer Kenneth Anderson, who represented Lincoln.
The action left only one outstanding court action against Lincoln - a lawsuit by Brockton, filed in Plymouth Superior Court, seeking restitution for days he called in sick. Last year, Lincoln was acquitted of federal mail-fraud charges.
In 2006, Lincoln was the subject of a scathing report by state Inspector General Gregory W. Sullivan, who called him a "master manipulator."
According to the report, Lincoln abused sick-time benefits while working two full-time jobs for three years, from 2001 to 2004, as a police lieutenant in Brockton and as director of security for the Plymouth County sheriff's office. He worked more than 30 years as an officer and three years in Plymouth.
During those three years, Lincoln called in sick 251 times - 222 days at the Brockton Police Department and 29 at the sheriff's department. On 148 of the days that he called in sick to the police, he worked a full shift at the sheriff's department.
Lincoln was collecting a $139,787 pension, based on his average pay for the last three years of his working career; it was the highest in Plymouth County history.
He averaged $177,570 in salary his last three years. His annual pension includes $537 from Dedham, where he worked for a few years, $76,554 from Brockton, and $62,697 from Plymouth County.
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