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Resident urges inquiry into alleged sheriff's office credit-card misuse; commissioners to invite sheriff
Summary
At a county commissioners meeting, resident John Lewis alleged an employee misused a county credit card and urged commissioners to investigate; commissioners said they would ask the sheriff to attend an upcoming meeting to address the claims but took no formal action.
John Lewis, a resident who said he has lived and worked in the area since 2009, told county commissioners that he had been told an employee of the sheriff’s office had "misused county credit card" and asked the panel to instigate an inquiry into the conduct.
Lewis said the alleged misuse amounted to "personal gain" from tax dollars and that similar conduct dated back "over years" during a prior administration, though he did not specify amounts. "It's a guy who's misusing the credit card," Lewis said, adding,…
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