JACKSON – The former clerk for the soil and water conservation department in Perry County has plead guilty to embezzlement, State Auditor Stacey Pickering said. Melanie Nobles pleaded guilty to embezzlement in court on Thursday of writing more than $7,000 in payroll checks to herself while working for the district.
Pickering said an investigation by his office revealed that during 2008, Nobles illegally issued payroll checks to herself totaling $7,153,74. In court, Nobles was ordered to five years probation and will have a felony conviction on her record following her completion of probation and a repayment of the stolen funds.
“I appreciate Circuit Judge Bob Helfrich for taking a stand with the taxpayers to ensure that all cases of embezzlement are punished to the full extent of the law,” said Pickering.
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