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Worker's Compensation

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

County Employee Convicted of Theft After Faking Disability

Joppa man could get 15 years in jail and agrees to repay Baltimore County more than $49,000.

A Joppa man, who was caught on video trimming a tree after claiming he was too injured to continue working as a laborer for the county, pleaded entered an Alford plea Tuesday to felony theft charges. James Robinson faces 15 years in jail when he is sentenced on Aug. 9 in Baltimore County Circuit Court. As part of his plea agreement, Robinson agreed to repay more than $49,000 in pension, disability and medical payments he received between 2010 and 2011. In Alford plea, a defendant does not admit committing the act but acknowledges that prosecutors have enough evidence to obtain a conviction should the case go to trial. Part of the repayment also includes reimbursing the county for the cost of the private investigators hired to tail and …

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