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Posted: 4:52 PM Jun 18, 2010
Former Kenova Clerk Pleads Guilty to Fraud
Former Kenova City Clerk Stacey Deerfield has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor fraud charge following allegations that she mismanaged the city's money.
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KENOVA, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- Former Kenova City Clerk Stacey Deerfield has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor fraud charge following allegations that she mismanaged the city's money.
According to a court document, the plea involves a $668 charge on a city credit card.
Mayor Ric Griffith said the credit card in Deerfield's possession was unauthorized by city council. The credit card was used at Walmart for personal hygiene items, a Mia Hamm soccer shirt and a Stevie Wonder Anthology, to name a few.
Griffith tells WSAZ.com the West Virginia State Auditor's office did an audit on the city's transactions for the years that Deerfield was in charge of funds, which was before Griffith took office.
"It was the worst possible audit a municipality could get," Griffith said the Auditor's office told him.
Griffith said of about 80 sample transactions the office researched, only about 15 could be accounted for.
The transactions were not manipulated, Griffith said, they were missing. Griffith said while trying to put city records together, $18,000 worth of questionable transactions were found – the city’s insurance company has claimed $13,000 missing.
"I have one agenda," Griffith said. "It is that the city recover lost money."
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Griffith was out to get her since she ran against him for mayor. He has been cited for illegal conduct several times since he took office.
I know Stacey, and she WOULD NOT do this intentionally. There has to be something other than her spending someone elses money involved. She has done what someone else told her to do and now is taking the flack for higher ups. Dont you people get it? There is always a higher up! Sounds like this was a gift for someones grandkids that she picked up for someone. I believe in her and truth will come out.
She pled "no contest." And you can accuse anyone of anything and then it is up to the person you have accused to fight it or not. The idea of being innocent until proven guilty sounds good but not when politics is involved. Judge not.........
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