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Former City Official Sentenced to 30 Months in Federal Prison
Abingdon, VIRGINIA – Michael Todd Lintz, the former Maintenance Supervisor of the City of Norton Parks and Recreation Department, was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison and 3 years of supervised release thereafter for obstruction of justice and using his authority to engage in coercive sexual relations with a female victim.
Lintz, 52, of Norton, Va., was ordered to pay a fine of $10,000. His sentencing took place in the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia in Abingdon.
According to a written proffer of facts filed previously, Lintz supervised individuals assigned to perform community service pursuant to a court order, or by referral from a state probation and parole officer. During his employment with the City of Norton, Lintz ensured that he supervised primarily female workers assigned to Parks and Recreation.
Lintz monitored the community service time worked by the individuals under his supervision, and reported the hours they worked to state probation and parole officers. If Lintz reported to a state probation officer that an individual did not perform the required number of community service hours, that individual could be violated on their probation conditions and could have to serve time in jail.
Lintz used his authority and official position to coerce female community service workers into providing him with sexual favors, the exchange of which he either alluded or explicitly promised could result in favorable outcomes with their court-ordered supervision. Specific instances of this conduct are related in more detail below.
In July 2015, Lintz began supervising the community service of Female Worker 1 (“FW1”), who was referred by a state probation and parole officer. FW1 had a significant number of community service hours to perform. When FW1 first started working with Lintz, she was told by other female workers that Lintz would be interested in trading sexual favors in exchange for community service hours.
Lintz began contacting FW1 about personal matters outside of working hours, calling her and texting her while she was not at work. Lintz made sexual comments on a daily basis to FW1, and gave her a sexual nickname that he called her in front of other community service workers. Lintz showed FW1 pornography on his phone, and took FW1 back to his home on several occasions, displaying video pornography to her on the television in his home during working hours.
Key Facts
- State: Virginia
- Category: Public Corruption|Sex Crimes
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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