A Murfreesboro attorney is asking the Tennessee Registry of Election Finance to require Rutherford County Mayor Bill Ketron to explain illegal and undocumented contributions to his campaign or be prevented from seeking re-election.
Brad Hornsby, an attorney with Bulloch, Fly, Hornsby & Evans in Murfreesboro, sent a letter Tuesday to Bill Young, executive director of the Bureau of Ethics and Campaign Finance, requesting an investigation into Ketron’s campaign finances be reopened.
The Registry of Election Finance recently voted to levy a $135,000 civil penalty against Ketron in connection with 474 findings from separate audits of his Senate, Quest PAC and mayoral campaign accounts.
Ketron told registry board members he didn’t knowingly do anything wrong and said his problems stemmed from bookkeeping errors, transactions posted on wrong reports and at least one deposit being entirely overlooked.
Nashville attorney Trey Harwell, who is representing Ketron in the case, did not return a phone call seeking comment.