A former Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park employee pleaded guilty to theft of government funds after submitting false overtime entries amounting to almost $40,000.
Donny Campbell, a 48-year-old man from Ringgold, made overtime entries spanning a 2 1/2-year period from January 2017 to June 2019, racking up around $40,000 of false payments, according to a Department of Justice press release. Campbell was a maintenance department employee at the military park.
Campbell pleaded guilty to the charges Oct. 2, according to the press release. He was required to resign from his position, never seek federal employment again and pay back all false payments to the U.S. Department of the Interior.
“Federal employees are expected to be responsible stewards of taxpayer money,” U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg said in the press release. “Federal employees and anyone else who chooses to steal from the public fisc will be held accountable.”
According to the release, Campbell is scheduled to receive his sentencing Jan. 23.
— Compiled by Sam Kohn