Authority Says 2006 Cell Phone Bills are Missing

Last year's cellular telephone bills for employees at the Washington Township Municipal Authority in Fayette County are missing, says a member of the authority.

Bob Campbell said he has been searching for the bills so that he can determine who hired a New Jersey security consultant. The consultant was paid $3,000 to check authority offices for hidden electronic-listening devices in August 2006.

So far, no one will admit to hiring Edwin Steinmetz Associates of Mickleton, N.J. or to using a signature facsimile stamp of authority Chairman Melvin Weiss to sign the check as payment for the services.