Retired Officer Indicted for Fraud

Wednesday, September 30, 2015 | 0

A retired Prince George’s County, Maryland, police officer has been indicted on charges of theft and workers' compensation fraud based on a claim he fell down a set of stairs, The Washington Post reported.

According to a statement from the Prince George’s County State’s Attorney’s Office, former Corporal Melvin Kenney told his supervisor on May 7 that he had fallen and hurt his shoulder on wet pavement in the parking lot of a police station and reported sick the next day to see the doctor, prosecutors said.

But prosecutors said in the statement that a surveillance video from the parking lot shows it was a clear day "with no wet pavement and Kenney is not seen falling or doing anything that would explain the injury he claimed to have."

Kenney also told his doctor that he had fallen days earlier than he had reported to his supervisor, prosecutors alleged. Doctors placed him on light duty and he filed a claim for which he received $3,500.

Kenney was assigned to desk duty after the allegations of misconduct emerged. He resigned on Aug. 31. A grand jury indicted him on Thursday.

"When an officer betrays the integrity of the badge, this department takes those allegations seriously," Prince George’s County Police Chief Mark A. Magaw said in a statement. "We hold our officers to a high set of standards."

A man who identified himself as Melvin Kenney hung up the phone after asked about the allegations when reached Friday.

The Washington Post story is here.