From the Boston Globe:

Outraged Boston fire officials ordered Albert Arroyo to return to work Monday, just days after they watched a video of the firefighter in a bodybuilding competition despite his claim that he had suffered a career-ending back injury and was on paid leave.

“If he can lift barbells, he can lift a clipboard,” Boston Fire Commissioner Roderick J. Fraser Jr. said yesterday.

If Arroyo does not return to work, he could be subject to termination.

Boston is already facing a federal grand jury investigation of questionable injury claims by Boston firefighters. According to reports in the Boston Globe, 74 percent of retirements of Boston firefighters between 2005 and 2007 were granted because of disability caused by accidents. Comparable cities reported disability retirement rates of less than 30 percent.

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