Faulkner Co. Administrator Pleads Not Guilty to Theft
By: Lauren Trager, KARK 4 News
Updated: August 29, 2012
The second in command in Faulkner County faced a judge for the first time on Wednesday.
County Administrator Jeff Johnston pleaded not guilty after being charged with stealing approximately $4,000 worth of asphalt in 2008.
A prosecutor says he used blacktop paid for by the county to pave his own driveway in Mount Vernon, but Johnston told a judge he wasn't guilty.
A trial date was set for October.
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County Administrator Jeff Johnston pleaded not guilty after being charged with stealing approximately $4,000 worth of asphalt in 2008.
A prosecutor says he used blacktop paid for by the county to pave his own driveway in Mount Vernon, but Johnston told a judge he wasn't guilty.
A trial date was set for October.
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Comments
lets see he was in charge of the department that controlled what got paved, $4000 worth of asphalt disappered from the project that was supposed to be worked at the same time his drive got paved, and he knows nothing about it and is not guilty yeah i can beleive that one, and he also tells the story about the 50 bass that got away
lloyd b.
August 30, 2012 at 6:44 am
You would think with all the money he saved on the driveway he would be able to afford a decent haircut.
David H.
August 29, 2012 at 9:40 pm
