MATTER OF CLOSE v. HAMMOND


166 A.D.2d 845 (1990)

In the Matter of Benedict J. Close, Jr., Petitioner, v. Susan J. Hammond, as Mayor of The City of Gloversville, Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Third Department.

October 25, 1990


Levine, J.

In May 1988, petitioner, a police officer employed by the City of Gloversville, Fulton County, made a phone call to the local fire department falsely reporting a gas leak in an apartment building. Petitioner made the call, using the name of one of the building residents, in an attempt to execute an arrest warrant for a suspect who he believed was hiding in the building. After the fire department responded and found no leak, petitioner became...

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