Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey and Director Anthony A. Caputo of the New Brunswick Police Department announced that a city firefighter was charged today with stealing thousands of dollars by filing a phony disability claim while continuing to work for the city and collect a pay check.
Dell Walker, 54, of New Brunswick was charged with a second degree count of insurance fraud, a third degree count of theft and a fourth degree charge of forgery.
Bail was set at $30,000.
The charges were filed after detectives determined that Walker filed the disability claim in December 2013 and collected payments totaling $42,000.
It also was determined that he forged paperwork to continue receiving the disability checks while he continued working as a firefighter.
The investigation is active and is continuing.
Anyone with information is asked to call Detective Lemmerling of the New Brunswick Police Department at (732) 745-5200, or Detective Infusino of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office at (732) 745-3300.