Dayton Daily News (Ohio)
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MIAMISBURG, Ohio — A Miamisburg firefighter/paramedic has been placed on unpaid administrative leave, after originally being placed on paid leave, pending the outcome of his criminal case.
City Manager Bill Nelson issued the order for Jack Ikerd on Wednesday after a personnel hearing last week, said city spokesman Gary Giles, who explained that he could not say why Nelson switched Ikerd’s leave status. Ikerd has had the full-time job since 1996.
A Montgomery County grand jury in March indicted Ikerd, 38, on two felony counts of theft in office.
He is accused of stealing two albuterol packages from the city valued at $12 each and $125 worth of inhalers from the city of West Carrollton, according to police reports.
Ikerd remains on unpaid administrative leave from his part-time firefighter/paramedic job with the West Carrollton Fire Department. He started in West Carrollton as a volunteer firefighter in 1993, Chief Jack Keister said.
Albuterol is an asthma medication that helps relax muscles that open airways and ease breathing.