Hudson - Litchfield News March 25, 2011 - 9
Breault Trial Set to End Soon
by Doug Robinson Hudson Police Chief Jason Lavoie continued to answer questions for the third day from NH Assistant General James Vara during the trial of Hudson Police Captain Donald Breault. Breault was first suspended and then fired last year after being accused of changing his work hours in an effort to profit more than $2,600. Upon completing the direct examination, Defense Attorney Eric Wilson went to work to challenge the many documents presented by the NH Attorney General’s office. Breault’s attorney, Eric Wilson, challenged Chief Lavoie to his “certainty” to the accuracy of the work hours entered by Breault, to which Lavoie stated he could not “vouch” with certainty. Wilson also challenged Lavoie to his entering of comp time hours for himself. “You did what he did,” commented Wilson. Lavoie stated, “I didn’t seek a benefit. As Chief of Police, I should be able to [record comp hours].” “So it’s okay for you, but not for him?” questioned Wilson. “Yes,” stated Lavoie. Wilson continued to question the incitements as he reviewed
charge by charge. Lavoie admitted that he could not say with certainty that Breault was or was not working more hours above his regular work schedule for budget preparation. Lavoie also stated that Breault may have been admitted into the police station during his entry of comp work hours during a snow storm. Evidence presented by the Attorney General suggests that Breault was not in the building, as Breault stated. Wilson suggested that Breault had been let into the police station and his entry had been gained by another employee; thus, a record of his scan card would not have been completed. The NH Assistant General continued to call witness after witness to the stand, questioning each with regards to town policies and the accuracies of Breault’s attendance records. John Beike of the Hudson Information Technology Department testified that he, at the request of Chief Lavoie, downloaded a software program known as Spector in an effort to capture and record all of Breault’s activities for his computer use. Initially the program was set to record every three minutes; however, after having received and analyzed the data, the software program was set to record Breault’s computer activities every 15 seconds. The parameters of the program were established to capture every
keystroke as well as a picture of the computer screen in which Breault was using. The Chief was looking for “not related to work stuff,” commented Beike. Hudson Finance Director Kathy Carpentier testified to Breault’s receipt of a $9,718 earned time payment he received in August 2009. Per town policy, all earned time (vacation, personal, and sick) above 720 hours accrued are paid out to Hudson employees yearly. The central issue regarding Breault’s trial is that he manipulated hours worked from comp time to earned time in an effort to earn more wages, while maintaining a 40-hour workweek. Defense Attorney Wilson stated that for the five years that Breault had been Captain, his earned time payout had not changed much and that the monies paid yearly were very close in payout. Dorothy Carey, Hudson Police Secretary, stated that “I knew
he wasn’t happy [about not being chosen to be Hudson’s new police chief] because he didn’t make chief. I told him he needed something to do to help pass the time with his three years left [before retirement].” As Dorothy created and processed the payroll each Monday morning, she was a vital part of the Attorney General’s investigation. Date after date, the Attorney General reviewed payroll files that had been entered by Dorothy, yet later changed by Breault. Some of these changes were months, if not nearly a year after the date worked. She also testified as to Breault’s leaving early, as well as questions about his working at Old Home Days. Defense Attorney Wilson questioned Dorothy regarding Police Chief Lavoie’s holding Command Meetings, to which Breault was “excluded.” Dorothy stated that she did not know anything about that. Former Police Chief Richard Gendron then took the stand to
answered questions about violation of the Sequestration laws, payroll procedures, comp time procedures, as well as hours, to which he stated, “I did not work those hours.” The Attorney General asked the former chief, “Whose number on the change sheets does this change belong to?” Gendron stated, “Number 316. Donald Breault modified my hours. I did not work those hours.” Gendron also had a department policy, whereby any comp time
owed was to be used within 30 days and he was to personally acknowledge and authorize those hours to be used. “Payroll is
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complex and about 90 percent of my budget. I did payroll every Friday and I looked at every time-off request. All time-off requests, personal time, comp time, and alternate time was approved by me. A form was required to be filled out. That way, we would have a paper trail. There is no paper authorization for the comp time for Breault.”
Gendron also stated that there was no reason for any person to go
back into the payroll system and change their times, as it was done every week. If an employee were to go back into the payroll system and change their time, it would be very difficult to find. As the trial was now entering into its seventh day, the prosecutors continued to zero in on Breault’s timekeeping concerns involving the Blood Drive, Recruitment Training, Citizen Police Academy, Safety Seat Inspection, School Meetings, Old Home Days, and the Ice Storm, while each witness recalled certain facts about Breault’s presence. Each also stated that it was difficult to remember all the details from nearly two and a half years ago. Defense Attorney Wilson continued to hammer home to the jury that memories could have “fainted” over time.
At press time, Donald Breault had not taken the stand in his own defense, as stated by his defense attorney.
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