Ex-chief of volunteer fire department accused of theft

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A grand jury has indicted the former chief of the now-disbanded Higgins Volunteer Fire Department on an embezzlement charge.

The Oklahoman (https://bit.ly/1x8cl90 ) reports 48-year-old Curtis Gregory Baker of Hartshorne is accused of embezzling more than $1,000 from the fire department for his own personal use over a two-year period.

Baker denied the claims to the newspaper on Thursday night. He disbanded the volunteer fire department in southeast Oklahoma in 2013.

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Information from: The Oklahoman, https://www.newsok.com