Kenardo Curry was found not guilty of theft and official misconduct today.
The theft and official misconduct trial began Tuesday for the former Neighborhood Services director.
Curry, 47, was fired shortly after Mayor Ron Littlefield took office in 2005 and later indicted on 17 theft counts, one charge of fraudulent use of a credit card and one charge of official misconduct.
At the beginning of the trial, Curry’s attorney, Dan Ripper, told the jury that his client was the victim of Littlefield’s scorn and the scapegoat for audit problems despite evidence otherwise.
“There won’t be a question in your mind, not a one, that they were going to get Mr. Curry one way or another,” Ripper told the jury.