Embezzlement
March 22, 2017 – 6:48 am
JACKSON, Miss. – On Wednesday, March 8, 2017, Special Agents from the Office of the State Auditor (OSA) arrested Prentiss County Justice Court Clerk Donna Inman on the charge of embezzlement. OSA issued a demand of $6,335.92 to Inman which covered the loss, interest, and the cost of recovery.
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December 12, 2016 – 10:27 am
Jackson, Miss—State Auditor Stacey Pickering announces Charles Rinehart, former Sheriff of Alcorn county and Teddy Null and Pamela Denise Null, of Corinth, pled guilty to 2 counts of conspiracy to defraud and 2 counts of fraud against Alcorn county.
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November 10, 2016 – 12:51 pm
Jackson, Miss –State Auditor Stacey Pickering announces Deltra Young, former Deputy Tax Collector for Tallahatchie County, pled guilty to one count of embezzlement and was sentenced to serve 18 months of supervised probation in the Mississippi Department of Corrections.
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November 10, 2016 – 12:50 pm
JACKSON, Miss. – Special Agents from the State Auditor’s Office arrested former New Albany Municipal Court Clerk, Jennifer Galloway, after she was indicted on one count of embezzlement by a Union County Grand Jury. In addition to today’s arrest, Galloway was issued a demand in the amount of $334,680.64.
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October 5, 2016 – 8:30 am
JACKSON, MS – State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced today that former Mississippi State University (MSU) employee, Susan Holder, 63, surrendered herself to the Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s Office on Friday, September 2.
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October 5, 2016 – 8:28 am
JACKSON—State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced today that former Pontotoc County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Clerk Stephanie Cooper, 33, surrendered herself to the Pontotoc County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday, September 6, on charges of embezzlement.
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July 19, 2016 – 8:28 am
Jackson, Miss –State Auditor Stacey Pickering announces LaCheronda Spivey, former City Clerk of Itta Bena, pled guilty to one count of embezzlement and was sentenced to serve 1 year of house arrest, followed by 5 years of post-release supervision.
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May 17, 2016 – 7:53 am
Jackson, Miss –State Auditor Special Agents arrested former Cafeteria Manager for the Jefferson Middle School of the Columbia School District, Marquette Magee of Columbia, Miss. He is accused of embezzlement – fraud in public office and for alteration of records.
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April 18, 2016 – 7:49 am
Jackson, Miss –State Auditor Special agent arrested former Deputy City Clerk of the Town of Blue Mountain, Machelle Holliday. She was also served with a demand totaling $5,669.21.
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April 18, 2016 – 7:39 am
Jackson, Miss – Agents from the State Auditor’s office arrested former part-time police officer for the City of Macon and full-time security chief for the Noxubee County School District, Randy Dixon, after a Noxubee County Grand Jury indicted him for embezzlement.
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January 25, 2016 – 9:11 am
JACKSON, Miss. –Jerry Howard, 51, former Cafeteria Manager at the Youth ChalleNGe Academy at Camp Shelby, was sentenced to 8 years to serve, and 2 years suspended. The Youth ChalleNGe Academy is part of the National Guard Youth Guard Program and serves at-risk male and female youth ages 16-18.
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December 17, 2015 – 1:46 pm
Multiple subjects that were part of four separate investigations at the State Auditor’s Office had their day in court today. Additionally, a former Office Manager for Clarksdale Public Utilities was arrested and served with a demand.
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December 11, 2015 – 9:41 am
The Mississippi Court of Appeals affirmed the ruling of the Hinds County Chancery Court in its judgment holding Greg Davis liable for funds he misappropriated while Mayor of Southaven.
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December 9, 2015 – 9:09 am
JACKSON, Miss. –Roderick Nicholson, Former Mayor of Terry, was sentenced to serve 40 years in custody of Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC), with 10 to serve. He was also ordered to pay restitution and court costs in the amount of $7,629.12.
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December 7, 2015 – 10:28 am
JACKSON, Miss. – Special Agents from the State Auditor’s Office and Mississippi Department of Transportation (MDOT) Enforcement arrested former MDOT employees, Clyde Poole, Jr., 28, of Batesville; Connie Shegog, 30, of Batesville; and Torrie Willey, 36, of Batesville, after they were each indicted on one count of embezzlement by a Panola County Grand Jury.
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December 7, 2015 – 10:21 am
Jackson, Miss –Roderick Nicholson, Mayor of Terry, pled guilty to five counts of embezzlement, and advised the court he would resign from his position as Mayor of Terry effective immediately.
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July 31, 2015 – 5:00 am
JACKSON-State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced the release of the Fiscal Year 2015 Audit Exceptions Report.
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February 4, 2015 – 11:31 am
JACKSON-State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced today that Jerry Warren, the former Fire Chief of the Southwest Covington County Volunteer Fire Department (SCCVFD), pled guilty to one count of grand larceny and has been sentenced to five years non-adjudicated probation.
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January 27, 2015 – 9:08 am
State Auditor Stacey Pickering and Jackson County District Attorney Tony Lawrence announced yesterday that former State Senator Tommy Robertson has been indicted on five counts of embezzlement.
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January 26, 2015 – 11:32 am
JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering and Jackson County District Attorney Tony Lawrence announced today that former State Senator Tommy Robertson has been indicted on five counts of embezzlement, which are alleged to have occurred in April of 2013.
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January 6, 2015 – 10:18 am
JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced today that Yvette Yeager, a former employee of the Greenville Parks and Recreation Department, has been sentenced to ten years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.
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December 4, 2014 – 8:23 am
State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced yesterday that 259 felony counts have been issued against a member of the Alcorn County Board of Supervisors, the county purchase clerk, and three county vendors. All are alleged to have taken part in various conspiracies designed to and resulting in the embezzlement of public funds.
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December 3, 2014 – 4:27 pm
Today, State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced 259 felony counts have been issued against a member of the Alcorn County Board of Supervisors, the county purchase clerk, and three county vendors. All are alleged to have taken part in various conspiracies designed to and resulting in the embezzlement of public funds.
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December 3, 2014 – 12:56 pm
CORINTH, Miss.- A year-long investigation by special agents from the Office of the State Auditor has resulted in the filing of 259 criminal charges and the arrest of a member of the Alcorn County Board of Supervisors, the county purchase clerk, and three county vendors.
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November 10, 2014 – 12:28 pm
JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced today that former Department of Marine Resources Chief of Staff Joseph Ziegler has been sentenced to three years’ probation.
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November 6, 2014 – 3:15 pm
JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering participated in a news conference with federal agencies today in Jackson where former Department of Corrections Commissioner Chis Epps and local businessman Cecil McCrory were indicted by a federal grand jury.
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October 13, 2014 – 8:46 am
JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced today that Marcus Hudson, a former Madison County Deputy Sheriff and Madison County Tax Collector Process Server, has been indicted on one count of making fraudulent statements.
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October 1, 2014 – 1:52 pm
JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced today that Yvette Yeager, a former employee of the Greenville Parks and Recreation Department, pled guilty to one count of embezzlement.
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September 25, 2014 – 3:43 pm
JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced today that former Mound Bayou Mayor Kennedy Johnson has been indicted on three counts of embezzlement by a Bolivar County Grand Jury.
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August 1, 2014 – 7:54 am
JACKSON- Today, State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced the release of the Fiscal Year 2014 Audit Exception Report.
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July 21, 2014 – 9:12 am
JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced today that Jerry Warren, the former Fire Chief of the Southwest Covington County Volunteer Fire Department (SCCVFD), has been indicted on one count of grand larceny by a Covington County grand jury.
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July 18, 2014 – 9:30 am
CORINTH, Miss. – In an unofficial Alcorn County Board meeting, the state Auditor addressed the public and board members regarding the arrest of a purchasing clerk.
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June 30, 2014 – 2:23 pm
JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced today that a demand has been issued against Melanie Harrell Garner, a Nurse Practitioner for the Rankin County School District.
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June 18, 2014 – 10:50 am
JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced today that Alisa Liggins, Deputy City Clerk in Oxford, has been indicted on one count of embezzlement.
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May 29, 2014 – 11:39 am
HATTIESBURG, Miss. – State Auditor Stacey Pickering joined military officials during a news conference today at Camp Shelby in Hattiesburg to announce the investigation and arrest of a non-military, civilian employee.
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April 28, 2014 – 8:54 am
JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced today that two individuals have pled guilty and been sentenced as part of an embezzlement scheme in the North Pike School District.
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April 14, 2014 – 12:31 pm
JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced that Gregory Kerr, a former employee with the City of Picayune Public Works department, has been arrested by Special Agents from the State Auditor’s Office and was booked at the Pearl River County Jail today.
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April 8, 2014 – 2:51 pm
JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced today that an out-of-court settlement has been agreed to with Hinds County Supervisor Robert Graham involving litigation concerning Graham’s conducting training while employed by the Jackson Police Department.
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February 20, 2014 – 2:57 pm
JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced today that Manika Kelly, a former clerk for the Town of Anguilla, has pleaded guilty to one felony count of Grand Larceny.
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February 6, 2014 – 4:20 pm
JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced today that Gail Williams, former Municipal Court Clerk for the Town of Prentiss, pled guilty on Monday to embezzling $89,620.27.
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February 5, 2014 – 4:07 pm
JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced today that Aaron Russell, the County Prosecuting Attorney for Pearl River County, has been indicted on one count of altering public records and one count of committing fraud by a public official.
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January 31, 2014 – 9:48 am
JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced today that Jay Paul Gumm, former Executive Director of the Stone County Economic Development Partnership, has been indicted on one count of felony embezzlement.
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January 28, 2014 – 10:34 am
JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced today that Quitman County Tax Assessor Kimberly Bell has been indicted on four counts of embezzlement and one count of fraud.
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January 23, 2014 – 10:34 am
JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced today that a Warren County Grand Jury has returned a three-count indictment against Warren County Circuit Clerk Shelly Ashley Palmertree.
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January 23, 2014 – 10:15 am
JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering and Director John Miller of the Biloxi Police Department announced today that Brian Gregory, the Assistant Manager at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum & Convention Center Ticket Office, was arrested for embezzling nearly $32,000 from ATMs owned by the state.
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January 16, 2014 – 4:37 pm
PEARL, Miss.– State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced today that fraudulently obtained equipment from Surplus Property is back in inventory for public use after the last of six current and former Bassfield city employees appeared in Rankin County Circuit Court.
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November 19, 2013 – 9:02 am
JACKSON- During the 2013 legislative session, Senate Bill 2625 was passed prohibiting an individual who has been convicted or pled guilty to stealing public funds in the state of Mississippi from working for the state or any county, municipality or other political subdivision again.
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November 14, 2013 – 11:43 am
JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced today that former Greenville Public Schools Superintendent Harvey Franklin has been sentenced for accepting bribes from a school contractor.
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October 25, 2013 – 4:33 pm
JACKSON- Former Greenville schools superintendent Harvey Franklin will be sentenced November 13 for accepting bribes from the seller of a reading program.
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October 23, 2013 – 2:36 pm
JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced today that Special Agents arrested Yvette Yeager, a former employee of the Greenville Parks and Recreation Department, following a one count indictment of embezzlement.
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September 25, 2013 – 11:14 am
JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced today that former Walthall County Deputy Chancery Clerk Kristy Laird has pled guilty to one count of embezzlement.
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September 24, 2013 – 3:04 pm
JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced today that David Kweller, a former employee in the Professional Licensure Division of the Mississippi Department of Health, pled to a bill of information for embezzling over $23,000 in Hinds County Circuit Court.
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September 23, 2013 – 4:25 pm
JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced today that former Union County Coroner Mark Golding pled guilty to a Bill of Information and was sentenced earlier this morning at the Tippah County Courthouse.
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September 16, 2013 – 4:32 pm
JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced that four individuals were arrested on Friday, September 13, by Auditor’s Office Special Agents at the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department.
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September 12, 2013 – 2:20 pm
JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced today that Special Agents served a demand to former Union County coroner, Mark Golding, in the amount of $398,418.83.
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September 4, 2013 – 2:55 pm
JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced today the arrest of Martha Chrestman, former Secretary and Treasurer for the Board of Commissioners of the Coles Point Volunteer Fire Department (CPVFD) in Panola County, for embezzlement of public funds.
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August 19, 2013 – 12:45 pm
JACKSON- Jay Paul Gumm, former Executive Director of the Stone County Economic Development Partnership, was arrested by State Auditor’s Office Special Agents and Stone County Sheriff’s Deputies on Friday, August 16, for embezzlement.
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August 7, 2013 – 9:36 am
JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced today that Warren County Circuit Clerk Shelly Palmertree has been indicted on two felony counts of embezzlement by a Warren County Grand Jury.
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June 6, 2013 – 1:44 pm
JACKSON- Special Agents with the State Auditor’s Office are investigating the actions of Union County Coroner, Mark Golding.
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April 8, 2013 – 1:33 pm
JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced today that former Nanih Waiya Attendance Center employee, Lori Young, surrendered herself to the Winston County Sheriff’s Office and to agents with the State Auditor’s Office on Friday, April 6.
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March 6, 2013 – 1:06 pm
JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced that the Office of the State Auditor served a demand yesterday, March 5, on Warren County Circuit Clerk Shelly Palmertree in the amount of $661,751.75 for two violations.
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February 15, 2013 – 12:42 pm
JACKSON- Today, State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced that former Indianola Municipal Court Deputy Clerk Tina Parker was sentenced on Monday, February 11, 2013, after previously pleading guilty to embezzlement.
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