State Treasurer Will Not Face Charges
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Prosecutor Larry Jegley says that he will not
file criminal charges against Arkansas Treasurer Gus Wingfield. A
criminal complaint was filed against Wingfield, claiming that he
hired and promoted his two daughters in his own office.
The two women are employees at the treasurer`s office. Jegley
said yesterday that Wingfield`s actions stink, but that state laws
were not written tightly enough for him to file anything. He said
now the case would only continue on in the state Ethics Commission
and with public opinion.
The state Ethics Commission fined Wingfield 750 dollars in
January. In a settlement with the commission, Wingfield
acknowledged he violated an ethics law that prohibits officials
from using their positions to secure special privileges for their
children.
Teresa Prewett of Little Rock said she filed the criminal
complaint because she thought the Ethics Commission was too
lenient.
Wingfield did not comment yesterday. He said he hasn`t decided
if he will run for re-election in 2006.
