And he got a raise?!?!?

A Shawano probation and parole agent who was fired in 2004 for accessing Internet pornography and other inappropriate sites for hours a day over at least five months has his job back - with a raise.

He also will receive a year of back pay.

A. Henry Hempe, a Madison arbitrator, ruled in November 2005 that the agent, Thomas DeLeon, should have received a one-day suspension instead of being fired for the repeated infractions. The decision stems in part from the Department of Corrections' "relatively light discipline for first-offense misuse of state computers," he wrote.

DeLeon was reinstated in December. Department officials are preparing a payment of about $45,000 for back wages.

The department must also pay any medical expenses for DeLeon that would have been covered by the state's insurance plan during his yearlong absence, the arbitrator ruled. The order prohibits DeLeon from using the Internet.

During the time DeLeon was viewing pornography at work, he was being paid for more than 10 hours of overtime a week, according to department documents requested by the Journal Sentinel under the state's open records law.

State Sen. Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau) called the decision "outrageous" when told of it Tuesday, but said there was little the department could do.

***I figure the raise is so he can afford to access the porn at home.