Friday, March 2, 2012

AG & Auditor file suit against Robert Graham for $45,736 (Updated with exhibits)

Update: Exhibits containing time records and other evidence provided by AG are published at bottom of this post. Grahams attorney responds to the Jackson Free Press in this interview. Her mantra is "Let the jury decide."

Original post on 2-29-12
Attorney General Jim Hood and State Auditor Stacey Pickering filed suit accused Hinds County Supervisor Robert Graham of fraud in a lawsuit filed yesterday in Hinds County Circuit Court. Mr. Graham is the President of the Board of Supervisors and owner of Professional Dispatch Management. The company provides training in 911 services. Mr. Graham was a dispatcher and spokesman for the Jackson Police Department until 2006.

The complaint charges Mr. Graham with using the city to copy Professional Dispatch training manuals. It is alleged Mr. Graham claimed they were used to teach classes for JPD personnel when in reality he was copying them for is own company. The company also used JPD to purchase 25 manuals for his business. Only 12 of the students who used those manuals were JPD employees. It alleges the rest of the students were not employees of the city of Jackson. The complaint does not stop with training manuals but also claims Mr. Graham taught classes for his company while "on the clock" for the city of Jackson. The AG and Auditor provided several exhibits composed of dozens of pages of time sheets and payroll records.

The complaint charges Mr. Graham with using "fraud and false representation" to defraud the city of Jackson to benefit himself and Professional Dispatch Management. The state claims he is personally liable for the repayment of the money and the investigation expenses. Mr. Pickering made a formal demand on May 25, 2011 for repayment. No repayment has been made. The suit asks for $23,818 to be repaid to Jackson, $10,008 in interest, and investigation costs of $11,909. The total amount claimed is $45,736. it should be pointed out this is a civil suit, not a criminal complaint.





26 comments:

Anonymous said...

Maybe Tomie Green can write the Lieutenant a poem?

Anonymous said...

Roses are red,
Violets are blue.
Your friends are in jail,
Soon you will be too.

Anonymous said...

Roses are red,
Violets are blue.
Your friends are in jail,
Soon you will be too.

Anonymous said...

Why is it not a criminal complaint?

Anonymous said...

I wonder why Hood didn't indict him for clearly embezzing city property by way of the copies at least? The only way these four supervisors will be deterred if one or more of them get convicted and removed from office.

Anonymous said...

Its just a lawsuit 12:33; criminal charges are brought by affidavit for misdemeanors or by grand jury indictment for felonies.

Anonymous said...

The poem is too funny,

Anonymous said...

So, he gets to pay a fine and continue as a "good public servant" and we are supposed to trust him to do our Hinds County Business? Incredible!

Anonymous said...

Your first mistake was trusting the 'Lieutenant' Graham in the first place.

Anyone who travels Mississippi and these United States knowingly and falsely passing themselves off in any number of circles as a sworn officer of the Jackson Police Department having attained the rank of Lieutenant is an untrustworthy untruthful con man from the word 'Go'.

Shadowfax said...

Another fine pubic servant left to curl up and waste away on wet porcelain.

Anonymous said...

It's past time for his hand to be called. Maybe Stokes will stumble, with his big mouth.

Anonymous said...

Graham stole from Jackson taxpayers while on the job as a city employee. That makes him nothing less than a crook.

Robert Graham is a crook and AG Smith is incompetent for not bringing this matter to the grand jury for indictment.

armondeaux said...

Lefttenant Graham should enlist the support and follow the lead of his newly elected colleague, Kenny I.; go public on one of the local news stations with a comment stating that he will see Hood and Pickering down the road, or he might catch them in a dark alley and then it will be them and him, and they will have to man up. For someone who was so outspoken about crime while a city councilman, Kenny I's comments sounded like a threat to me.

Maybe one of our legal minds can tell us why Hood and Pickering waited so long to file the suit against the lefttenant.

KaptKangaroo said...

I think it is great that this story was followed here and exposed for what it is. It started with the walkie-talkie's and ended with accountability.

Kudos to the reporting. To leave a wound left by corruption in government open only leads to more festering problems.

Good to see both the AG & Auditor taking public corruption seriously.

Anonymous said...

Shhhhhhhh..........
Do you hear that?
That is the sound of Roger Davis laughing his ass off!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Graham you loser!

Anonymous said...

you must love this "pay back" mind set we seem to be caught up in..every time a black gets caught stealing or what ever, it appears to be ok with conway twitty and his merry band of dolts since we all know blacks must lie, cheat and steal to catch up to the $$$ train...

KaptKangaroo said...

8:25PM Huh? You make no sense.

Anonymous said...

10:25
What do you mean taking it seriously? This is a civil case. Until we see criminal charges brought against the crooks that run our government, it's still left undone. The crooks are still at the trough, feeding away.

KaptKangaroo said...

You must be new. The fact anything has been done with the public outcry over time is monumental starting point. Geesh.

Anonymous said...

He needs to resign now!
Roger Davis please start the petition.

Anonymous said...

Which judge will get this case?

Anonymous said...

Graham the Fraud is now referring to his con man self as "Retired Lt. Robert Graham".

Anonymous said...

Radio shakedown
Robert Graham Lieutenant Scam
Precious meal ticket

Anonymous said...

10:01
Actually, I've been commenting here since before you hopped on to the scene.
If Graham is not criminally charged, and Lisa Ross wins his case, then what has been accomplished? We've pointed out the obvious that there are crooks around here? I realized that back in the 70's.
By the way, which public outcry over time are you talking about? I didn't realize the public was crying out over time. I thought it was about crooked pols.

KaptKangaroo said...

Whatever. Sound like the glass is half full in your eyes.

Anonymous said...

i don't care what kind of investigation is going on, but what i do know is that this site and whoever else i find out that has posted my name and ssn info on from pulling this info will be contacted by my lawyer.


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