by MBJ Staff Published: October 19,2012
Tags: agriculture, arrest, ATV, equipment, gun, law enforcement, search warrant, state agency, steal, stolen, theft, thief, tractor, vehicle
CLAIBORNE COUNTY — Investigators with the Mississippi Agricultural and Livestock Theft Bureau, the law enforcement division of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (MDAC), in conjunction with the Claiborne County Sheriff’s Department and the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks, have seized a large amount of stolen property and equipment valued in excess [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 16,2012
Tags: crime, criminal, embezzle, embezzlement, embezzler, kidnap, law enforcement, missing person, steal, theft, thief
CRYSTAL SPRINGS — Linda Gale Reed, a Copiah County woman last seen on April 29, is now wanted for embezzlement. Sheriff Harold Jones says an audit and investigation have revealed money missing from the petty cash fund at Moore Fabrications and Machine, where the 65-year-old Reed was bookkeeper. Jones says Reed had check-writing authority at [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 8,2012
Tags: bench, court, embezzle, embezzlement, employee, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, law, law firm, not guilty, notary, plea, plead, steal, stealing, theft, thief, worker
ABBEVILLE — An Abbeville woman has been indicted on embezzlement charges for allegedly stealing more than $200,000. The Oxford Eagle reports that the indictment alleges Valerie Harmon took $20,267 between March-November 2011 while she was an employee for Action Collections, which was owned by the law firm where she worked as a notary. A second [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: October 4,2012
Tags: bench, court, equipment, fence, fencing, judge, judiciary, juducal, law, law enforcement, lawnmower, legal, plea, steal, stolen, theft, tractor, trafficing, truck
CENTREVILLE — Federal court records say a second man will plead guilty in a scheme to purchase trucks, tractors, lawnmowers and other equipment stolen from dealers in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. Jory Sam Tantillo and Michael Fralick were indicted in February by a federal grand jury in South Mississippi. The indictment said that in [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 30,2012
Tags: arrest, bank, banker, banking, drugs, embezzlement, finance, financial institution, money, steal, theft
GULFPORT — A former teller for Hancock Bank has been denied bond on a federal criminal complaint alleging she stole more than $80,000 from the bank. The Sun Herald reports 29-year-old Ashley Keel was denied bond Wednesday in U.S. District Court. Court records show that in an interview with the FBI, Keel admitted taking money [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 27,2012
Tags: athletics, bowling, court, embezzle, embezzlement, embezzler, judge, judicial, judiciary, justice, league, sports, steal, stealing, theft, thief, trial
HERNANDO — A trial date of Dec. 10 has been scheduled for a Tennessee man for allegedly embezzling prize money from bowling leagues. The Commercial Appeal reports 70-year-old Tommy Hart of Collierville, Tenn., was indicted by a DeSoto County grand jury on a charge that he embezzled nearly $47,000 in prize money from bowling leagues [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 26,2012
Tags: administrator, bench, county government, court, embezzlement, federal government, judge, judicial, judiciary, law, legal, public official, sentence, sentencing, steal, theft
PANOLA COUNTY — A sentencing hearing has been scheduled for Nov. 14 for the former administrator of Panola County, who pleaded guilty to a federal embezzlement charge. David Michael Chandler was charged with creating a fake company to fraudulently charge more than $50,000 in county collection fees from 2007 to 2008. He’s also accused of [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 24,2012
Tags: athletics, bleachers, city, crime, damage, destruction, hardware, law enforcement, loss, municipal government, municipality, security, sports, steal, stealing, theft, thieves, youth psorts
MCCOMB — Officials say thieves have stolen more than $8,000 worth of equipment from the McComb Sports Complex. The Enterprise-Journal reports everything from nuts and blots to the very bleachers that fans sit in were taken from the park and from a nearby shed. The shed was also damaged. Mayor Whitney Rawlings said the city [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 19,2012
Tags: bench, cleanup, contract, county government, court, damage, debris, destruction, disaster recovery, federal agency, federal government, flood, flooding, hurricane, judge, judicial, judiciary, kickback, rain, sentence, sentencing, storm, storm surge, theft, wind
BAY ST. LOUIS — A former Hancock County road department manager and his wife have been scheduled for sentencing Nov. 16 in a kickback scheme related to Hurricane Katrina cleanup contracts. Prosecutors said Roger Ladner was given the authority to award millions of dollars in ditch-cleaning contracts after the 2005 storm and some went to [...] [...]
PASS CHRISTIAN — A 47-year-old Pass Christian woman has been accused of embezzling more than $300,000 from her employer over a period of nearly two years. The Sun Herald reports Harrison County sheriff’s investigators arrested Kathleen Sue Woods on an embezzlement charge. Sheriff Melvin Brisolara said Woods was arrested following investigation of a complaint of [...] [...]
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