The former fire chief and treasurer of the Muse Volunteer Fire Company (Cecil Township Volunteer Fire Company No. 2) in Cecil Township, Washington County, is charged with theft. Cecil Township Police have charged Alan Zombeck and Toni Zombeck with multiple theft crimes. They claim the couple stole thousands of dollars for their personal use over several years. Alan Zombeck is the former fire chief, and his mother Toni Zombeck is the former treasurer, however, the fire department bank account and debit cards spent more than $ 46,000 on themselves. The fire department president told Cecil Township Police that they suspected the Zombecks were using funds from the account for their own use as early as September 2020, while checking the account revealed that unauthorized charges were from 2013. An investigation found the couple made unauthorized purchases for goods, fuel and groceries, a car, and electricity and cable bills. Thousands of dollars in cash back purchases have also been discovered, and court documents filed against the mother and son detail the purchases. Some examples are: 258 fuel transactions totaling nearly $ 12,000. Toni’s Comcast account received 18 payments totaling approximately $ 4,800. 16 checks were paid to Toni Zombeck for a total of more than $ 7,100, and 11 payments were made to Toni’s West Penn Power Account for $ 2,700. According to police, Alan Zombeck spent more than $ 1,700 over a nine month period when he was not the fire chief. but still had the department’s debit card. Pittsburgh’s Action News Four stopped at an address given for Alan Zombeck on his court records, but a woman who opened the door quickly closed it. Nobody opened the door of Toni Zombeck’s house. Court documents claim she told Cecil Township police, “Can we still fix this mess before the arrest or I’ll be on the front page. I know I am responsible for repaying it.” “The same paperwork alleges that when the police asked to speak to Alan, he said he needed time to think about it, and when they told him they were reviewing documents, he said,” What amount of money are you up to? “The current fire chief at Muse FVC did not want to comment, but said his department is working with the prosecutor and the Cecil Township police force.
CECIL TOWNSHIP, Pa. –
Former fire chief and treasurer of the Muse Volunteer Fire Company (Cecil Township Volunteer Fire Company No. 2) in Cecil Township, Washington County, is charged with theft.
Cecil Township Police have charged Alan Zombeck and Toni Zombeck with multiple theft crimes. They claim the couple stole thousands of dollars for their personal use over several years.
Alan Zombeck is the former fire chief and his mother Toni Zombeck is the former treasurer.
Court documents filed against the couple claim they both have the authority to use the Fire Department’s bank account and debit cards, but they spent more than $ 46,000 on themselves.
The fire department president told Cecil Township police that they suspected the Zombecks were using funds from the account for their own use as early as September 2020. However, an account review revealed that unauthorized charges date back to 2013.
An investigation found the couple made unauthorized purchases for goods, fuel and groceries, a car, and electricity and cable bills.
The audit also found purchases of thousands of dollars on which they received cashback.
Court documents against the mother and son detail the purchases. Some examples are: 258 fuel transactions totaling nearly $ 12,000. Toni’s Comcast account received 18 payments totaling approximately $ 4,800. 16 checks were paid to Toni Zombeck for a total of more than $ 7,100, and 11 payments were made to Toni’s West Penn Power Account for $ 2,700.
According to police, Alan Zombeck spent more than $ 1,700 over a nine month period when he was not the fire chief but still held the department’s debit card.
Pittsburgh’s Action News Four stopped at an address Alan Zombeck had put on his court records, but a woman who opened the door quickly closed it. Nobody opened the door of Toni Zombeck’s house.
Court documents claim she told Cecil Township police, “Is there any way I can fix this mess before the arrest or I’ll be on the front page. I know I’ll be responsible for the repayment.”
The same paperwork claims that when the police asked to speak to Alan he said he needed time to think about it and when they told him they were reviewing documents he said, “What amount of money are you up to?”
The current fire chief at Muse FVC was unwilling to comment, but said his department is working with the prosecutor and the Cecil Township police force.
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