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$500K Found In JSO File Cabinet
Sheriff
Has No Explanation For Misplaced Money
Jacksonville Telegraph-Star,
December 5, 2003
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Jacksonville Sherriff's Office
is investigating the discovery of approximately $500,000 in cash
and checks from a file cabinet in one of the department's offices.
Sheriff John Rutherford said
in an announcement Friday that his office did not even realize
that the money was missing.
"When you don't have change
for a long period of time ... things get sloppy," he said.
The money was found in a patrol
officer's filing cabinet at the Forfeiture & Seizure Office
on Haines Street. It came from the sale of seized vehicles.
"I ordered it treated
as a crime scene until proven otherwise," said Assistant
Chief Wayne Clark. The scene was marked off with that familiar
yellow tape following the surprising discovery.
"That person's charged
with depositing the money in a timely basis to the appropriate
bank account," said Clark.
But the timely deposit never
happened, and some of the money dates back five years.
The only reason the Jacksonville
Sheriff's Office found the stash was because the City Council
ordered them to do some major house-cleaning six months ago.
Half a million dollars could
have helped the JSO with several things in the last five years,
such as vehicle maintenance. Now, they must spend money to investigate
this incident and figure out how to prevent it from happening
again.
Police said one person is being
investigated, but there could be more. Investigators are not
considering this a crime, because they aren't sure if the officer
took any money out of the office.
According to Internal Auditor
Maxine Person, "There will be recommendations made and responses
that will follow."
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