By Tim McGlone
The Virginian-Pilot
NORFOLK, Va. — A former treasurer with the Waverly Volunteer Fire Department in Sussex County has been charged with misappropriating $60,000 in department funds.
Arthur B. Barnes Jr., 34, of Wakefield faces a federal wire fraud charge following an investigation by the U.S. Secret Service.
He is accused of using a department credit card to run up $60,000 in unauthorized cash advances and purchases for his own benefit, according to papers filed in U.S. District Court.
Barnes, who remains free, does not yet have a court date.
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