Andrew Wood is accused of submitting timesheets that contained hours of work that he did not perform in a time period spanning from January 5, 2017, through June 27, 2019, when he was the officer-in-charge at the Richmond Police Department.
The chief of police in Hancock, New Hampshire has been indicted on a theft charge related to an investigation into his actions when he worked as the officer-in-charge at another local police department, the state's attorney general said Tuesday.
Chief Andrew Wood, 53, who lives in Fitzwilliam, faces a felony count of theft by unauthorized taking and a felony count of theft by deception. Wood is accused of submitting weekly timesheets that contained hours of work that he did not perform in a time period spanning from January 5, 2017, through June 27, 2019, when he worked as the officer-in-charge at the Richmond Police Department. The AG's office did not offer an estimate of how much Wood collected for the falsified worksheets.Stay informed about New England news and weather.