Now I understand...

[M1911]

why the Wayland town landfill management is so messed up. I always had the impression that the Board of Health didn't quite have it together. Perhaps this is proof of that:

Board of Health member arrested on Vegas warrant
By Katie Liesener/ Staff Writer
Thursday, June 22, 2006

A Wayland town official learned the hard way what happens in Las Vegas doesn’t always stay in Vegas.

Wayland Police arrested recently elected Board of Health member David A. Todd last Thursday on a fugitive from justice warrant from the Las Vegas Police Department for 16 counts of writing bad checks.

Todd, 51, of 44 High Rock Road, was arrested shortly after 6 p.m. when he went to the police station to apply for a firearms license. Police ran a background check that revealed the warrants, said Police Chief Robert Irving.

The checks, totaling $104,025, were made out to Aladdin Resort and Casino, The Palms, Rio Casino, Caesar’s Palace, The Bellagio and The Mirage, according to Bernie Zadrowski, chief deputy district attorney for the Clark County, Nev., district attorney’s office.

The checks were written in December 2004 and February 2005, according to Zadrowski.

Todd said last week he was "not comfortable with making any comments."

When asked how he was doing, he replied, "miserable."

At some point between August and October, the Clark County DA’s office offered Todd a stipulation agreement to start paying off the money and Todd never signed the agreement, Zadrowski said.

In October, either Todd or an attorney put in a request to quash the arrest warrant. Zadrowski said those requests are sometimes made for legal or factual reasons, but usually because of an intention to pay the money back.

"I don’t think it ever happened," Zadrowski said.

Todd, who served on the Planning Board from 1991 to 2004, ran for a Planning Board seat again in April but lost to Dan Mesnick.

Todd is a member of the Wayland Housing Partnership and a representative on the MetroWest Growth Management Committee. He has an accounting degree from Bentley College and has lived in Wayland since the early 1980s with his wife and two teenage daughters. According to the town listing, he is a consultant.

Todd recently appeared before selectmen at their June 5 meeting to request permission to move a house from Fox Meadow Lane to his High Rock Road property.

Todd was held overnight on $100,000 bail. At his Framingham District Court arraignment on Friday, he posted $10,000 bail and was released.

He is due back in Framingham District Court on Aug. 1, unless he is brought back to Las Vegas. He waived rendition, according to Middlesex district attorney office spokeswoman Melissa Sherman.

"They (the Clark County DA’s office) wanted to bring him back," Irving said.

Each count carries a potential penalty of one to four years imprisonment, but can also result in probation, Zadrowski said.

Staff Writer Norman Miller contributed to this report.

http://www2.townonline.com/wayland/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=521836

I bet that surprised the heck out of the licensing officer (who is a nice guy, btw).

 

[C-pher]

That's got to suck...

 

[daceman63]

I hear check bouncers can be dangerous.

Shouldn't they do background checks on the candidates prior to each election? These people are creating and enforcing laws and rules and regulations in our cities and towns but could have potentially been committing crimes in other states. I believe school teachers are put through background checks. Probably should be expanded to include all public jobs.

 

[Lynne]

I hear check bouncers can be dangerous.

Well....the pen IS mightier than the sword.

 

[Scrivener]

I hear check bouncers can be dangerous.

Absolutely! Just ask the Bellingham cop who shot up the Home Depot parking lot merely to apprehend a suspected one.