Kenneth Leroy BishopA Meigs County man is charged with stealing nearly $300,000 from an estate that he administered.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation began looking into the actions of Kenneth Leroy Bishop in September, after a Sullivan County Chancery Court found misappropriations of $290,549.74 from the estate of Estelle Mae Dulaney, according to a news release.
Bishop served as executor of the estate from July 13, 2010, to July 8, 2011, according to the release.
On Nov. 19, a Sullivan County grand jury indicted Bishop on one count of theft over $250,000, and TBI agents along with Meigs County deputies arrested him today.
He was lodge in the Meigs County Jail held on a $35,000 bond.