FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEWS RELEASE
August 26, 2016
For More Information, contact:
Luther Strange
Mike Lewis (334) 353-2199
Alabama Attorney General
Joy Patterson (334) 242-7491
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AG STRANGE ANNOUNCES FELONY INDICTMENT
OF FORMER EUFAULA COURT MAGISTRATE
(MONTGOMERY)–Attorney General Luther Strange announced the arrest
today of Kimberly Kveta Smith, also known as Kimberly Smith Thomas, for three
felonies: an ethics law violation; first-degree theft; and computer tampering. Smith,
40, of Eufaula, is a former Eufaula Municipal Court magistrate. She surrendered to
agents with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s State Bureau of Investigation
at the Barbour County Jail and has been released on a $50,000 bond.
Attorney General Strange’s Special Prosecutions Division presented evidence
to a Barbour County grand jury on August 16, resulting in Smith’s indictment* on
August 17. Specifically, the indictment charges Smith with first-degree theft of more
than $2,500 from the City of Eufaula, felony violation of the state ethics law by using
her public position for personal gain, and computer tampering.
No further information about the investigation or about Smith’s alleged
crimes other than that stated in the indictment may be released at this time.
If convicted, Smith faces a maximum penalty of two to 20 years for each of the
three counts, which are class B felonies.
Attorney General Strange commended Assistant Attorney General Kyle
Beckman of his Special Prosecutions Division and thanked the City of Eufaula, the
State Bureau of Investigation, the Barbour County Sheriff’s Office, and the Alabama
Department of Examiners of Public Accounts.
*An indictment is merely an accusation. The defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
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