Middlesex Sheriff Employee Charged With Fraud
A Malden resident is facing allegations she inappropriately used sick time to work at a Melrose Real Estate office.
A Middlesex County Sheriff's Office employee is facing criminal fraud charges for allegedly working another job in Melrose while she remained on medical leave from the sheriff's office. Joyce Drinkwater, 67, of Malden, was charged on Nov. 19 with knowingly presenting a fraudulent claim to a public employer for a benefit, according to the Middlesex County District Attorney's Office. Drinkwater allegedly collected her full salary as she stayed on medical leave from the sheriff's office. Drinkwater, who worked in the sheriff's payroll office, took medical leave in June and when that ended she allegedly used her unused sick time remain out on leave, according to the DA's office. She allegedly certified to the sheriff's office that she was …
