Chattanooga police have arrested and charged a city employee with stealing parts from city-owned bulldozers and selling it at scrap yards, according to a police department statement.
Randy Fields, 47, is charged with theft over $500, according to the statement. Mr. Fields, a city field supervisor, has been fired from his job, Public Works administrator Steve Leach said.
Since his arrest earlier today and booking into the Hamilton County Jail, Mr. Fields has been released on his own recognizance, according to the police statement.
Mr. Leach said Mr. Fields has been an employee of the city’s public works department for about seven years. The bulldozer parts were removed during service work for damage or because they weren’t operable, Mr. Leach said.
Mr. Fields can appeal the firing at a hearing next week, Mr. Leach said.
For complete details, see tomorrow’s Times Free Press.
Adam Crisp covers education issues for the Times Free Press. He joined the paper's staff in 2007 and initially covered crime, public safety, courts and general assignment topics. Prior to Chattanooga, Crisp was a crime reporter at the Savannah Morning News and has been a reporter and editor at community newspapers in southeast Georgia. In college, he led his student paper to a first-place general excellence award from the Georgia College Press Association. He earned ...
I worked with Randy Fields at Shaw Industries in Dalton. You couldn't have asked for a better friend. He lived in Tiftonia.
Billy Gladden billygladden@charter.net
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