Monticello — Former Wayne County Clerk Melissa Turpin appeared in Franklin Circuit
Court on Friday, January 22 and entered not guilty pleas to two counts of
willfully filing or making a false tax return or failure to pay tax.
Records in the Franklin Circuit Clerk's office noted that the case now
needs to be set for trial, but no specific date was set during last week's
proceeding.
Turpin was indicted on the tax charges by a Franklin County Grand Jury
on December 16, while she was serving a two-month sentence in the Wayne
County Detention Center on charges of abuse of a public trust over $10,000
and theft by unlawful taking over $300.
Turpin was indicted in Wayne Circuit Court in August 2009 on two counts
of abuse of a public trust over $10,000 and two counts of theft by unlawful
taking over $300. Those charges were related to a lengthy investigation by
the Ken-tucky Attorney General's Office and Kentucky State Police, after
audits of the clerk's account in 2007 and 2008 turned up a $139,986 deficit.
Turpin resigned from office on October 20, the day that she entered a
guilty plea to the charges in Wayne Circuit Court. She was sentenced to 10
years under a plea agreement. Sixty days of that sentence was served in the
Wayne County Detention Center and Turpin is currently serving a four-month
home incarceration sentence.
The remainder of the 10 years will be probated.
The plea agreement also required restitution be paid by Turpin.
Local News
January 26, 2010
Former Clerk Turpin pleas not guilty in Franklin Circuit Court
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