Tuesday, December 12, 2023

Shad Bags Another One

 State Auditor Shadrack White issued the following statement. 

Today State Auditor Shad White announced that Shannon Taylor, former Newton County Emergency Services Dispatcher, pled guilty to embezzlement. Taylor was indicted and arrested in September of 2023.

Taylor is guilty of altering her timesheets after they were approved by her supervisor. Taylor was served with a $16,263.72 demand letter at the time of her arrest.

“Thank you to District Attorney Kilgore and his office for their quick work on holding Taylor accountable,” said State Auditor Shad White. “No matter the amount, my office will continue to work with prosecutors to hold those who steal your tax dollars accountable.”

Taylor’s sentencing order will be filed at a later date and will be available for public inspection at the Newton County Circuit Clerk's Office.

Suspected fraud can be reported to the Auditor’s office online at any time by clicking the red button at www.osa.ms.gov or calling 1-(800)-321-1275 during normal business hours.




44 comments:

Anonymous said...

When they are unknown and poor, Shad gets em. When they are former elected officials pass

1962guy said...

The legislature has to create a mechanism that ends all relationships with PERS for these people.

If you get caught doing these crimes, you are refunded the employee contributed principal portion of your retirement and removed from any additional state employment, or retirement benefits.

I promise if the state will hit these retirements, this shit will stop.

Anonymous said...



She won't need those sunglasses-

Anonymous said...

Seems like the ones that get caught stealing in government are usually white and mostly GOP.

It begs the question " How is it that you are so sure that it's Democrats and African Americans that are crooked, but the white GOP can't come up with evidence that proves it?"

Could it really be only that the GOP believes everyone is as corrupt as they've become?

Anonymous said...

Government sucks at doing stuff. That someone can alter their timesheets after approval and get paid based on the alterations is evidence that government shouldn't be doing whatever it is that they are doing here.

Anonymous said...

Shad bags another small fry.
Big fish remain unthreatened

Anonymous said...

The slamming of some cell doors (instead of bracelets) will send clear messages.

Anonymous said...

I am waiting for all of the anonymous experts on the functions of the auditors office will be running to go after the targets of their choice…

Better not hold my breath. Lol

Anonymous said...

@10:43

I fail to see the correlation between someones political affiliation and the crime committed.

In the same vein, where in the article does it indicate what her political affiliation is???

STOP MAKING EVERYTHING IN LIFE ABOUT POLITICS

Anonymous said...

Shad only fishes for little fish. Don’t want to piss off the forever Trumpers.

Anonymous said...

In other states this would not even be worthy of a press release. Gotta do anything to prop up his inevitable ladder climbing campaign for governor/lieutenant gov.

Anonymous said...

Still waiting for the USM volleyball fraud arrests of those in the know that haven’t been arrested yet

Anonymous said...

"Low hanging fruit" comments in 3, 2, 1... Hey, if it weren't for the low hanging fruit there wouldn't be any fruit at all.

Anonymous said...

Are we still waiting on the Stacey Pickering robbing veterans affairs board case or did I miss it?

Anonymous said...

Y'all small fish people do realize Shad has recovered like $70 million during his time as Auditor, right? I would assume he's done that by going after some big fish unless some of these little old ladies are some real whales.

Anonymous said...

10:51 with the win

Anonymous said...

Altering a time sheet after a supervisor signs it is stupid. No supervisor checks a timesheet. He/she simply signs what the employee slides under his/her nose. Period. The supervisor has other minnows to land, like logging his comp time and leaving early.

Anonymous said...

Well Shad popped the Canton Utility District corruption for 6 figures several years ago. He turned it over to our Attorney General since Shad can’t enforce demands. So what has happened?

Anonymous said...

10:43 . . . You lose! Everything is NOT always about race or politics. Turning this into something it's not. This article is simply about a thief getting caught.

Anonymous said...

Shad bags another woman in a tshirt. He loves picking on folks out in the sticks but can’t seem to find any corruption in Jackson. Weird.

Anonymous said...

He lets his buddies go and screws with good people.

Anonymous said...

@10:43 I agree with you. The Republicans steal and the Democrats are usually just incompetent. Both waste the taxpayers money. Good call.

Anonymous said...

@10:43 I know I've read over the article twice but can you tell me where it states her party affiliation?

I must echo @12:14 Stop Making Everything In Life About Politics

Anonymous said...

Kingfish -

Could you please break down the demand?
What was the actual amount stolen?
What are the investigative costs?
What are the interest and penalties?

If Kingfish cannot get this information, I am 99.9% sure Shad White reads this. Shad - break this and other investigations down for us. Thank you.

Anonymous said...

@4:56 - you agreed with a comment that drew an invisible correlation between politics and these thefts. That comment was unfounded and stupid. Since you agreed with a stupid comment, help me understand why that doesn't make YOU stupid.

Anonymous said...

4:43, ‘good people’ don’t steal from their employer and from the taxpayers, sorry, she’s a thief and this not a ‘good person’.

Anonymous said...

How to make yourself look better:

Theft: $2500
Investigation cost: $5000
Drag out the investigation to run up interest: $7500

Make demand for $15,000 on a $2500 crime.


Anonymous said...

what incompetent does mug shots with shades on their heads

Anonymous said...

Is she throwing up a gang sign?

Anonymous said...

@ 8:40 - The incompetence of which you speak is on the part of the Jail Employee who did not require that she remove the shades. (But they know each other anyway, so there's that.)

Anonymous said...

I appreciate every single bust that Shad makes. Pennies add up. No crime is too small to prosecute.

Why aren't these low-level state employees required to punch a timeclock rather than handwriting time sheets? I may be wrong, but I think there are secure computer programs that act as a timeclock. Employee logs in and out and the program calculates time worked. Of course, I'm being generous to assume that people are actually "working" while sitting in front of their state-issued computers, but we could at least track number of hours they are physically at the office.

Anonymous said...

Dec 12, 10:43 AM, it’s hard to imagine a comment like yours when it comes to criminals and crime. Why do so many rich white Democrats live in areas that are not controlled by their own party? Crime. They vote Democrat but won’t live in Democrat controlled Jackson, as an example. True hypocrites.

We should all be extremely grateful that this $16k + and the reported herein $70 million has been recovered, but when it comes to per capita horrific crimes, crimes like children being murdered, and children being killed with stray bullets, Democrat controlled cities like Jackson get the headlines “State capital became one of the deadliest US cities” ‘We’re being known as the child-killing capital.’

Anonymous said...

Shad is definitely the brightest light in MS politics. That light is dimmed by the TANF scandal. If he’s not going after Bryant the people should hear why. There is no rational justification for how the money was spent. Wrasslin and vball may be good red meat expenditures but they’re not justifiable. The people know when there is hypocrisy and TANF will be the issue that keeps him out of the governor’s mansion or the next us senate seat

Anonymous said...

5:47 - Even your presumptive, ill-conceived suggestion would never work. But you work in the private sector where those on payroll are often monetarily rewarded based on the number of suggestions offered, whether nutty or not.

For a time-clock to calculate hours by time actually AT work would depend on the employee punching in and out as appropriate. Try harder, but be sure you leave promptly at 5.

Anonymous said...

To 7:58 - He initiated and documented the investigation to the limits of his duty, then turned the investigation over to the feds. He had no duty nor authority to continue the investigation a year and a half later. Turn your cap around.

Anonymous said...

"But you work in the private sector where those on payroll are often monetarily rewarded based on the number of suggestions offered, whether nutty or not."

Clearly, you are not familiar at all with the private sector. But, don't let that stop you from commenting on it, Cliffy.

Anonymous said...

"He lets his buddies go and screws with good people. "

This woman stole money from the taxpayers. That includes my wife and I, who pay a huge amount of them. We appreciate Shad's efforts to keep this system as honest as it could be.

I suspect many of the commenters here, criticizing him for doing his job, represent the large amount of deadbeats in MS who don't pay much to MS in terms of taxes.

Anonymous said...

I own a business. I compensate my employees based solely on how much profit they make for me. It’s a good system that works. I don’t care about your race, religion, or political beliefs. It is a pure meritocracy. Make me richer, and I will toss a few C-notes your way. I wouldn’t expect some bum who’s sucking on the government tit to understand this concept.

Anonymous said...

What ever happened on the Canton engineer trial? Did the CMU board members ever get prosecuted?

Anonymous said...

Only a fellow freeloader, liar, fraudster, thief…would criticize Shad’s investigation into any crimes in Mississippi. If you’re writing big tax checks like the honest among us, you are all for Shad weeding out these POS employees.

Anonymous said...

@2:07 - I criticize Shad. If you write bigger tax checks than I do, te salud!

Anonymous said...

Shad's light is made to seem brighter because he's surrounded by more than a few dim bulbs.

Can't push a rope up hill, but you can put on a show trying.

Anonymous said...

@2:07pm

"Only a fellow freeloader, liar, fraudster, thief…would criticize Shad’s investigation into any crimes in Mississippi. If you’re writing big tax checks like the honest among us, you are all for Shad weeding out these POS employees."

True when it comes to your big tax bill - but hundreds absolutely know how Shad is looking the other way regarding far bigger fish, and he's as slimy as they are, and as corrupt and compromised as all of them. No one speaks up in Mississippi because when you're close to it, you're most likely employed by state government and so you don't want to lose your job or be hated by everyone else around you.

Poor folks chasing PERS retirement is what maintains and keeps their silence about all the corruption in Mississippi. Even Shad says to please call him if you know something. That's the only way he finds out is from the rare informer who doesn't give a shit about PERS or their job. Everyone else is in lock step.

Anonymous said...

7:06am, you make a lot of slanderous allegations but have no examples or facts. Please provide such examples of what you speak of Shad looking the other way on State crimes so we can decide for ourselves. Please be specific. Thanks


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