FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEWS RELEASE
May 4, 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 INDICTMENT OF FORMER
GOODWATER CITY CLERK FOR MULTIPLE COUNTS OF
THEFT, POSSESSION OF A FORGED INSTRUMENT
(MONTGOMERY)–Attorney General Luther Strange announced the
indictment of a former Goodwater City Clerk for multiple counts of theft and
possession of a forged instrument.
Leslie Shardae Parker, 27, of Sylacauga, surrendered today at the Coosa
County Jail and is being held on $150,000 bond.
Attorney General Strange’s Special Prosecutions Division presented evidence
to a Coosa County grand jury, resulting in Parker’s indictment on April 29.
Specifically, the indictment charges Parker with three counts of first-degree theft of
property – each in excess of $2,500 – and with three counts of second-degree
possession of a forged instrument.
Parker was previously arrested on December 17, 2015, on a related charge
following a citizen complaint and subsequent investigation by the Attorney
General’s Special Prosecutions Division. That arrest warrant noted evidence that
Parker manipulated the city’s payroll to pay herself at least $150,000 more than her
salary, from 2013 until December 2015.
No further information about the investigation or about Parker’s alleged
crimes other than that stated in the indictment and warrant may be released at this
time.
If convicted, Parker faces a maximum penalty of two to 20 years’
imprisonment for each count of first-degree theft, which is a class B felony, and one
year and one day to 10 years’ imprisonment for each count of second-degree
possession of a forged instrument, which is a class C felony.
*An indictment is merely an accusation. The defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
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