Officials in Hundred, West Virginia are trying to determine whether the chief of a volunteer fire department can keep his job after an anonymous letter was circulated complaining that a 1997 felony sex conviction should prohibit him from serving in the role. Hundred Mayor Chip Goff said officials knew about Volunteer Fire Chief Tom Powell’s conviction and said that he had joined the volunteer fire department with permission from the Fire Marshal’s office. Powell announced on March 24 he would step down.