Firefighter on leave for alleged sex act pleads not guilty

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UPDATE @ 9:02 a.m. (Nov. 22):

A Harrison Twp. firefighter/paramedic on unpaid leave after he was accused of performing a sex act on himself in the Troy Walmart parking lot earlier this month pleaded not guilty to a charge of public indecency.

Keith Bousquette, 39, of Troy, entered his plea in the Miami County Municipal Court this morning after visiting with a public defender at the court house.

Bousquette was released on his own recognizance and if found guilty could face a maximum of 30 days in jail and a $250 fine.

The firefighter’s next court date is expected to be sometime in December.

UPDATE @ 9:59 a.m. (Nov. 18)

Harrison Twp. personnel records indicate Keith Bousquette was first placed on paid leave Nov. 8 following the alleged incident Nov. 7 in a Walmart parking lot. He was then moved to unpaid leave Nov. 17.

In May 2013, Bousquette received a two-day unpaid suspension for reporting late to duty for a fourth time within a year, according to personnel records.

The township’s policy for tardiness includes first counseling, then a written reprimand for a second tardy, and suspension for instances after that.

In August 2012, Bousquette received one day of unpaid suspension for his third time being late, according to personnel records.

Bousquette’s personnel file also indicates a written reprimand in 2014 and a written reprimand in 2013 for not following chain of command. The details of those two written reprimands were not included in the personnel file.

We will continue to update this developing story.

FIRST REPORT (Nov. 17)

A Harrison Twp. firefighter is on unpaid leave after he was accused of performing a sex act on himself in the parking lot of the Troy Walmart earlier this month.

Keith Bousquette, 39, of Troy, was placed on unpaid leave today, according to Harrison Twp. officials.

Bousquette is charged with public indecency after Troy police received a report that he was performing a sex act on himself in the store’s parking lot on Nov. 7.

“I was in the Walmart parking lot and saw a vehicle I believed to be of a female friend and parked next to it,” Bousquette wrote in a statement to Troy police. “I exposed myself as a joke to who I thought was my friend and turned out that it was not.”

According to police, the woman who reported the crime called her husband, who followed Bousquette’s vehicle after the alleged incident and was able to provide a license plate number that led to officers charging the 39-year-old.

Bousquette has been with the fire department since Jan. 2008 and is listed as a full-time firefighter on the township’s website.

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