FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEWS RELEASE
April 11, 2013
For More Information, contact:
Luther Strange
Joy Patterson (334) 242-7491
Alabama Attorney General
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AG ANNOUNCES ARREST OF FORMER STATE HOUSE EMPLOYEE
FOR FAILING TO FILE TAX RETURNS AND PAY INCOME TAXES
(MONTGOMERY) -Attorney General Luther Strange announced the arrest yesterday of
William Clay Covington, a former employee of the Alabama House of Representatives, for
failure to file income tax returns and failure to pay income taxes. Covington, 41, surrendered
yesterday afternoon to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.
Attorney General Strange’s Special Prosecutions Division presented evidence to a
Montgomery County grand jury on Friday, April 5, resulting in Covington’s indictment.*
Specifically, the indictment charges Covington with six counts of failing to pay income
taxes on $237,620.40 in wages from the State of Alabama and $277,000.00 in other income from
the Macon County Greyhound Park and the Jefferson County Racing Association. The
indictment also charges Covington with four counts of failing to file an income tax return for
2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009.
No further information about the investigation or about Covington’s alleged crimes other
than that stated in the indictment may be released at this time.
If convicted, Covington faces a maximum penalty of one year in jail and fine of $25,000 for
each of the ten counts in the indictment, as well as other financial penalties and interest on the
unpaid taxes.
The Attorney General commended Assistant Attorney General Bill Lisenby, Jr. and
Deputy Attorney General Mike Duffy of the Attorney General’s Special Prosecutions Division,
and Special Agent Madeline Lewis of the Alabama Department of Revenue’s Investigations
Division.
*Note: An indictment is merely an accusation. Defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
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