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Thursday, September 16, 2010
8:05 a.m.

This is a "Hurley in the Morning" exclusive ... first reported here.
"Hurley in the Morning" has learned and confirmed that Atlantic City Firefighter Richard Williams was terminated yesterday morning.

Williams was suspended back on September 16, 2009 for allegedly luring 4 African-American teenage girls into an Atlantic City Firehouse, with the promise of pizza.
In a lawsuit filed by two of the girls ... they contend that Williams enticed them into a sexual encounter inside the firehouse.

Williams' attorney Joe Levin has long-maintained that his client has done nothing wrong and that he wasn't even working (the night) the alleged incident occurred.
The Atlantic County Prosecutor investigated the allegations, but determined that no crime was committed because the girls were over 16 years old, the age of legal consent, and that there was no evidence they were forced to do anything.

When the Prosecutor announced his decision, Mayor Lorenzo Langford immediately followed by confirming that the City would conduct its own investigation of the allegations. Mayor Langford has long maintained that "heads will roll" if the allegations are substantiated.
Yesterday, Mayor Langford made good on that promise, as Williams has been terminated.
Neither Mayor Langford, nor any other Atlantic City Hall staffer would comment on the Williams termination ... But, I have the facts of this breaking news story well sourced and I am 100% certain that Williams has been terminated by the City of Atlantic City ... as a direct result of these allegations.

According to the lawsuit, after as many as 10 other firefighters left the area, Williams told the girls that if they "showed him something," he would "show them something."
The girls, who were all under 18 years old, say that they were lured into the firehouse on May 16 while they were walking to the Atlantic City The Walk shopping district.
The lawsuit claims Williams, persuaded one girl to expose her breasts and coaxed two of them into touching his genitals. He then masturbated in front of them, and slapped one of the girls on the buttocks, according to the lawsuit.

The lawsuit, filed in state Superior Court in Atlantic County, seeks unspecified monetary damages. It also named Fire Chief Dennis Brooks, the city and its fire department, as well as 10 unnamed firefighters as defendants.

With the firefighter, Williams being white and the young teen-aged girls all being black ... this has created a highly racially charged atmosphere from the start.

The case has infuriated many in the community, which is predominantly black. The local chapter of Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network held several protests outside the firehouse and even attempted to make citizens' arrests of firefighters there, claiming authorities were dragging their feet because the firefighters are white and the girls are black.
They also called for this Firehouse to lose its standing as a "safe house" because of the nature of the allegations.