Macon Telegraph Logo

Money allegedly embezzled from Georgia State Fair | Macon Telegraph

×
  • E-edition
  • Home
    • Customer Service
    • Mobile & Apps
    • Newsletters
    • Buy Photos and Pages
    • Contact Us
    • Newsletters
    • Subscribe
    • Archive Search

    • All News
    • Local
    • Houston & Peach
    • The Sun News
    • Crime
    • Food Story
    • Education
    • Databases
    • Business
    • Nation/World
    • Opinion
    • Weird News
    • All Sports
    • High Schools
    • University of Georgia
    • Bulldogs Beat
    • Georgia Tech
    • Mercer
    • Columns & Blogs
    • MLB & Braves
    • NFL & Falcons
    • NBA & Hawks
    • Auto Racing
    • Golf
    • NHL/Macon Mayhem
    • Politics
    • Elections
    • All Living
    • Family
    • Food
    • Home & Garden
    • Religion
    • Celebrations
    • Mark Ballard
    • Dear Abby
    • Entertainment
    • Out & About
    • Celebrities
    • Music
    • Restaurants
    • Comics
    • Puzzles & Games
    • Horoscopes
    • Opinion
    • Editorials
    • Editorial Cartoons
    • Letters to the Editor
    • Submit a Letter
    • Blogs & Columns
    • Opinion Columns & Blogs
    • Your Say
  • Obituaries
  • Education Together
  • Best of the Best

  • Classifieds
  • Jobs
  • Moonlighting
  • Cars
  • Homes
  • Place An Ad
  • Contests

  • About Us
  • Mobile & Apps

News

Money allegedly embezzled from Georgia State Fair

By AMY LEIGH WOMACK - awomack@macon.com

    ORDER REPRINT →

September 15, 2010 12:00 AM

The Bibb County District Attorney’s Office is investigating allegations that money was embezzled from the Georgia State Fair between November 2008 and April 2010.

Fair representatives turned over results of an audit in August, prosecutor Sharell Lewis said.

“Based on the fair audit, they had concerns about criminal activity,” she said.

Lewis said the district attorney’s office is conducting an investigation to determine who may be criminally responsible for taking the money and what charges should be filed.

SIGN UP

Sign Up and Save

Get six months of free digital access to The Telegraph

SUBSCRIBE WITH GOOGLE

#ReadLocal

About $43,000 is missing, according to the district attorney’s office.

Lewis said the case could go before a grand jury as early as October, but it’s possible the case won’t be presented until 2011.

Don Johstono, president of the fair’s board of directors, said fair officials conduct an annual audit. Because the fair moved from the fall to spring, the audit covered a year and a half.

He said he couldn’t comment on what accounts the money was taken from or who might be involved in the alleged embezzlement.

Although Johstono wouldn’t disclose the fair’s annual budget, he said the missing money has caused the fair to make some changes.

“That is a significant impact for us,” he said.

More checks and balances have been added to the way the fair handles its finances, and there have been some personnel changes, Johstono said.

“We’re taking steps to try to minimize the possibility this could happen again,” he said.

While the loss of money hurts, fair representatives still are looking forward to a “great fair” next year.

“We’re going to find ways to do more with less like everybody else,” Johstono said.

To contact writer Amy Leigh Womack, call 744-4398.

  Comments  

Videos

They called her ‘upside down glasses.’ Now she owns it

Barberitos shooting witness recalls what she saw night of killing

View More Video

Trending Stories

Man run over by train in Macon suicide linked to 1991 vanishing of Sabrina Long

February 21, 2019 03:48 PM

Missouri woman dies from injuries after chain-reaction crashes on I-75 near Perry

February 22, 2019 12:38 PM

Macon-Bibb commissioner ‘maintains his innocence’ after DUI arrest in downtown

February 22, 2019 06:27 AM

Macon is known for mayhem and murder. But is that reputation fair?

February 21, 2019 07:00 AM

Ga.’s shame: Speaker is using his position to delay trial for accused rapist, others

February 21, 2019 02:24 PM

Read Next

The Latest: Kelly lawyer: New charge may be from old case
Video media Created with Sketch.

Celebrities

The Latest: Kelly lawyer: New charge may be from old case

The Associated Press

    ORDER REPRINT →

February 22, 2019 10:05 PM

R. Kelly's attorney says one of the charges the R&B star faces appears to be tied to a decade-old child pornography case.

KEEP READING

Sign Up and Save

#ReadLocal

Get six months of free digital access to The Telegraph

SUBSCRIBE WITH GOOGLE

MORE NEWS

Chicago police: Singer R. Kelly arrested at precinct

Celebrities

Chicago police: Singer R. Kelly arrested at precinct

February 22, 2019 09:58 PM
Wake Forest dean apologizes after 37-year-old yearbook photo resurfaces

National

Wake Forest dean apologizes after 37-year-old yearbook photo resurfaces

February 22, 2019 04:36 PM
Patriots owner Robert Kraft accused of soliciting prostitute

Business

Patriots owner Robert Kraft accused of soliciting prostitute

February 22, 2019 08:00 PM
Case against R. Kelly may be stronger this time

Celebrities

Case against R. Kelly may be stronger this time

February 22, 2019 07:59 PM

National

Patriots owner Robert Kraft is among the hundreds charged in Florida sex traffic sting

February 22, 2019 12:23 PM

Local

There’s still time to register for the sixth-annual Greater Macon Sleepout at Daybreak

February 22, 2019 06:17 PM
Take Us With You

Real-time updates and all local stories you want right in the palm of your hand.

Icon for mobile apps

Macon Telegraph App

View Newsletters

Subscriptions
  • Start a Subscription
  • Customer Service
  • eEdition
  • Vacation Hold
  • Pay Your Bill
  • Rewards
Learn More
  • About Us
  • Contact Us
  • Newsletters
  • News in Education
  • Archives
Advertising
  • Place a Classified Ad
  • Advertise with Us
  • Local Deals
Copyright
Privacy Policy
Terms of Service


Back to Story