NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
Kevin Stimage, age 44, will be sentenced on Sept. 22 for committing theft from programs receiving federal funds, according to officials.
Stimage plead guilty last week.
Stimage faces up to ten years imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release, a $250,000 fine, and a mandatory special assessment of $100.
According to the Factual Basis, Stimage as a Captain with the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office (TPSO).
An investigation by the FBI revealed that in 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020, Stimage reported having worked, on average, 40 hours per week at TPSO, approximately 40 hours per week at Off-Duty Detail A, and, beginning in 2018, approximately 30 hours per week at Off-Duty Detail B, for a total of approximately 110 hours per week.
However, location data and surveillance revealed that Stimage was only working a portion of the claimed hours, and was defrauding TPSO, Off-Duty Detail A, and Off-Duty Detail B by not working all of the claimed hours.
As a result of this scheme, the defendant defrauded Off-Duty Detail A out of wages worth $158,275 in 2018 through 2021,
Off-Duty Detail B out of wages worth over $54,215 in 2018 through 2021, and TPSO out of wages worth $28,596 in 2019 and 2020.