Fire chief pleads not guilty to falsifying records
Quick ReadThe former Hempstead Village fire chief pleaded not guilty to a 50-count indictment.
Photo credit: Photo by Howard Schnapp | Former Hempstead Village Fire Chief Lester Arsell leaves Nassau County Court after he was charged with 16 counts each of first degree tampering with public records and first degree falsifying business records, as well as several misdemeanors on Monday, November 30, 2009 in Mineola, New York.
The former Hempstead Village fire chief pleaded not guilty yesterday morning to a 50-count indictment charging him with falsifying records to make it appear that he and his wife had responded to more emergency calls than they actually had.
Lester Arsell is charged with going into the department's computers and changing response records for himself and his wife, Courtney, a department volunteer,...
