Local News
Hoke County Man Charged With Embezzlement
Posted June 15, 2004 12:04 p.m. EDT
TYLERTOWN, N.C. — A man with a local volunteer fire department is in trouble with the law.
According to the State Bureau of Investigation, John Chaplin embezzled almost $5,000 from the Tylertown Volunteer Fre Department.
The smallest fire department in Hoke County, the Tylertown volunteer department runs on just $29,000 per year.
SBI agents said Chaplin was a member of the fire department's board of directors.
