By BEA LEWIS
Union Leader Correspondent

OSSIPEE NH (10/18/2018) – A former Wakefield code enforcement officer indicted for selling forged state shoreline and septic system installation permits plans to plead guilty.

Nathan Fogg, 57, of Sanbornville, appeared in Carroll County Superior Court on Thursday for a dispositional conference and a sentencing hearing has been tentatively scheduled for Dec. 17.

The prosecutor and defense attorney met privately with Judge Amy Ignatius at the bench and the details of the proposed negotiated plea were not publicly disclosed.

Attorney Gordon Landrigan of the New Hampshire Department of Justice’s Environmental Protection Bureau confirmed a sentencing hearing had been set for December, but declined to reveal any other details of the settlement such as what specific charges Fogg will plead guilty to and whether the state has agreed to dismiss any charges in exchange for a guilty plea averting a trial.

In May, Fogg was indicted on four counts of theft by deception alleging he received more than $1,500 from three different property owners by fraudulently representing that he had obtained either shoreline impact permits or a septic system permit issued by the state Department of Environmental Services.

A Carroll County grand jury also returned 14 misdemeanor counts against Fogg charging him with forgery, tampering with public records and fraudulent execution of documents. The alleged conduct occurred between 2016-2017.

Fogg resigned in April after four months on administrative leave. He had previously served as the town’s building inspector, land use clerk, health officer and E911 coordinator.

The theft by deception indictments allege that in connection with his private environmental consulting business, Fogg was paid to lawfully obtain permits required to build on protected shoreland but instead faked them, it’s alleged.

One tampering with public records charge claims that in June 2017 Fogg knowingly forged a “Wetlands and Non-Site Specific Permit,” with the purpose to deprive Pierce Camp Birchmont in Wolfeboro. The fraudulent execution of documents charge alleges he deceived camp representatives into signing the bogus permit.

The six records tampering charges and the two counts of fraudulent execution of documents are all Class A misdemeanors each punishable by up to a year in jail and a $2,000 fine on conviction. The six forgery charges are Class B misdemeanors punishable by up to a $1,200 fine. The theft by deception charges are Class A felonies punishable by up to 15 years in prison and a $4,000 fine.

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