NASHVILLE – A new state comptroller’s report says more than $700,000 in taxpayer funds were stolen from county governments in Tennessee during the fiscal year that ended last June 30.
Among the cases was a scandal involving the Marion County Election Commission and Haletown Volunteer Fire Department that resulted in the indictment last year of former Marion County Election Administrator Holly Henegar and her husband, Billy Joe, on theft charges.
Holly Henegar was also charged with official misconduct.
The comptroller’s report lists $21,170 missing from the Marion County Election Commission and another $94,823 from the Haletown Volunteer Fire Department where Billy Joe Henegar served as treasurer.
That collectively accounted for as much as 16.5 percent of last year’s thefts from county governments or related entities.