Timothy ProffittMeigs County Chancery Court Clerk and Master Timothy Ned Proffitt was arrested Tuesday on a grand jury indictment charging him with falsifying a hotel receipt that he turned in for reimbursement.
After a monthlong Tennessee Bureau of Investigation probe, Proffitt, 52, turned himself in around 9:45 a.m. Tuesday at the Meigs County Jail in Decatur, Tenn., Chief Deputy Brian Malone said. Proffitt was released less than an hour later on a $1,000 bond, jail officials said.
Proffitt could not be reached for comment, and staff at the clerk and master’s office said he had not been in the office all day Tuesday.
TBI officials said the investigation started Oct. 30. Special agents said they discovered that, in April, Proffitt submitted a falsified receipt to the Meigs County Finance Department for reimbursement, according to a TBI news release.
The indictment issued in Meigs County Circuit Court states that Proffitt submitted a document to county finance officials on April 14 seeking reimbursement on “a receipt for lodging” intended “to defraud or harm … the Meigs County Government.” The indictment does not state an amount of money listed on the fake receipt.