Austin firefighter fired after off-duty crash on Halloween night

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A car crash in the early morning hours after Halloween led to an Austin firefighter losing his job. On Friday, Austin Fire Chief Rhoda Mae Kerr placed Firefighter Oel Leon on indefinite suspension, effectively firing him.
A March 2 memo from Chief Kerr to the city’s Director of Civil Service details the grounds for Leon’s suspension. The memo says Leon violated the department’s code of conduct by being intoxicated off duty and failing to give true statemen