Thursday, January 27, 2005

Ladder 69

Now, you know I'm not usually one to dwell on insignificant, trashy news stories. But, Drudge got me today...and it's 6am.

His eyes welling with tears, Sacramento Fire Chief Julius "Joe" Cherry vowed Tuesday to return his scandal-ridden department to respectability even as Mayor Heather Fargo and two City Council members said that four firefighters should be fired if sex allegations against them are true.

Cherry revealed Monday that he had launched an investigation into charges that the four firefighters - three men and a woman - had engaged in group sex in their Hollywood Park station house.

In recent months, the Fire Department has been rocked by disclosures of firefighter misconduct, including drinking on duty, cruising bars, giving joy rides to women in fire vehicles and attending a Porn Star Costume Ball. In all, 24 firefighters received some level of discipline.

Cherry announced that the four firefighters - a male captain, two male firefighters and a female firefighter - have been suspended for allegedly participating in three instances of consensual sexual encounters with each other while on duty at Station 12 in Hollywood Park. Three of the firefighters are married.

One of the men would stand lookout while the others had sex in the station, Cherry said.

"If the firefighters aren't (fired), there better be a darn good explanation why," Cohn said.




Via The Sacramento Bee

Are any other SATC fans recalling the Samantha/firefighter episode? Ha.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

I don't see what the big deal is. They were only trying to put the fires out.... in their pants.