By Sunde Farquhar
Eastlake Patch
EAST LAKE, Fla. — East Lake Fire Commissioners voted to restore firefighter Bill Figueredo to his position as lieutenant during a special meeting Tuesday evening. The veteran firefighter will also receive back pay for the time he was demoted to driver-engineer.
“I’m very grateful that I’ve been restored to my original position. I’m very grateful that at least part of the truth has come out and I thank the commissioners for at least acknowledging that to this extent,” Figuerdo said after the special meeting.
Figuerdo was accused of performing a Nazi salute to East Lake Fire Commission Chairman Mark Weinkrantz, who had referred to the alleged Dec. 19, 2012 incident as “harassment” when he emailed Fire Chief Tom Jamison about it.
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