City Worker Gets Six Months For Fraud

A Southern California city worker who lied on a workers' compensation claim was sentenced last week to six months in jail and five years probation, the Ventura County Star reported Friday. Robert Galante of Simi Valley was also ordered to pay a $3,000 fine. Ventura County Superior Court Judge Rebecca Riley scheduled a March 6 hearing to determine the amount of restitution Galante must pay to his former employer, the city of Glendale, Calif. The Star reported that Galante told his superiors at the Glendale Department of Water in 2002 that he sprained his ankle while working as a power-line tr...