http://advanceindiana.blogspot.com/2015/02/delaware-county-treasurer-reaches-plea.html Delaware County Treasurer Reaches Plea Agreement, Resigns From Office
About ten months ago, the Delaware Co. Prosecutor filed a 47-count indictment against the county's treasurer, John Dorer (D), in which he accused the office-holder of theft, conversion, official misconduct and failing to properly deposit public funds. The original multi-felony count indictment seemed like over-kill. Dorer was accused of stealing just a paltry sum of $80.
Today, Dorer went into court and agreed to plead guilty to just one official misconduct charge, a low-level felony eligible for alternative sentencing under which the felony will be reduced to a misdemeanor if he satisfies the terms of his probation.
That sole remaining charge relates to his failure to timely deposit county funds 44 times over a 5-year period. In exchange for the plea agreement, Dorer agreed to resign his office effective immediately as part of the settlement of a civil lawsuit the county filed against him last year.
Doesn't the State Board of Accounts Audit cite Hammond's Controler for the same concern, but in his case this amounted to over $11,000,000 in late deposits?
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