ICYMI: Former Islip Town Employee Convicted On Coercion Charges: Report

In case you missed it, here's a story that appeared last week in West Islip Patch:

Former Town of Islip commissioner of public safety John Carney was convicted on three charges related to attempting to coerce four fire marshal applicants to decline the position, according to a report in Newsday.

Last September, West Islip resident John Carney, 54, who served as commissioner of public safety, along with Holbrook resident Michael Allen, 41, who served as assistant chief fire marshal, were both accused of bribe receiving, official misconduct and coercion, according to the Suffolk County District Attorney.

In March, the two conducted job interviews for the position of fire marshal and they had to chose from a civil service list of candidates established by the Suffolk County Department of Civil Service, the DA said.

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