Saturday, April 20, 2024

No Beulah Land for Ex-Mayor

 State Auditor Shad White issued the following statement. 

Today State Auditor Shad White announced that Bertha Thomas, the former Mayor of Beulah, has pled guilty to Embezzlement. Bertha was arrested by agents in February of 2024 and served with a $12,573.42 demand letter.

 

Thomas is guilty of embezzling tax disbursements issued to the town by the Bolivar County Tax Collector.

 

“Thank you to the investigators who worked this case and the prosecutors who chose to bring charges,” said Auditor White. “Working together with prosecutors, my office has recovered more money for the taxpayers in the last five years than any other five-year period, and we stay true to our most fundamental promise: zero tolerance for theft of taxpayer money.”


 

Thomas was sentenced by the Bolivar County Circuit Court. Thomas’ sentencing order has been filed with the Bolivar County Circuit Clerk’s office for public inspection.

 

A $10,000 surety bond covered Thomas’ employment as the Beulah City Mayor. Surety bonds are similar to insurance designed to protect taxpayers from corruption. Thomas will remain liable for the full amount of the demand in addition to criminal proceedings.


Kingfish note: The sentencing order is posted below.  5 years in prison but all of it is suspended.  

 

24 comments:

Anonymous said...

They didn’t even spank her hand.

Anonymous said...

Only the little people actually serve time, not "big-shot" mayors (based on the attitude she displays).

Anonymous said...

It's amazing how many of these mug shots show crosses hanging around necks. I'll bet she was in church every Sunday morning until 1:30 in the afternoon.

Maybe the Sheriff in Rankin has an opening for a chaplain.

Anonymous said...

Shad White needs a trophy room with replicas of the heads of thieves he has found for prosecution, thence to publish a Trophy Journal for Email to all public officials in the state.

Anonymous said...

She'll probably get another government job, retire and suck off of PERS for the rest of her thieving life.

This shit makes me sick.

Anonymous said...

Still waiting for Shad to begin posting pictures of some of the Rankin County syndicate. The former police chief in Pearl and mayor of Richland are sucking if the PERS tit already. Show some nuts and go after some of the big names

Anonymous said...

Bennie’s minions

Anonymous said...

Make USM or Farve pay for the damn volleyball court.

Anonymous said...

Beulah has to be on of the poorest towns in America. If you happen to be on hwy. 1 just outside of Rosedale, drive through the town. I doubt that there is one house worth $40,000. In the whole town.

Anonymous said...

OSA sure tried to salvage that release by burying the lead … mean the sentence

Anonymous said...

“Zero tolerance”- I don’t think Shadrack knows what that means.

Anonymous said...

It's high time our State Attorney General instructs her staff to prosecute these people with prison terms as the goal, instead of every damned one being time suspended.

Sign me up said...

I think I will start embezzling if no jail time is issued.

Anonymous said...

What a great public servant! LOL!

Low Fruit Lover said...

Would be nice if Shad would grow a pair and go after some that will make a difference. All these little town clerks, pd chiefs and mayors dont really amount to much in the grand scheme of things. eve

I'll give him this though, he's steady. Every two or three weeks he bags another piece of low fruit.

Anonymous said...

WHY is the sentenced suspended? Anyone?

Anonymous said...

Attn 7:23 Why was the sentence suspended? Have you ever been to Buehler. It IS A PRISON!

Anonymous said...

I used to fish at lake bealuh when I was at DSU. I don’t remember anything but the Moy Fin store. How did she embezzle this much money? Why is there a mayor? Was city hall in the Moy Fin store?

Anonymous said...

Look at her real good 7;23. Both Lynn and Shad will need the votes in the future.

Anonymous said...

That’s a man, baby!

A PERS recipient … said...

Would like to see a PERS regulation where a contributor is booted out of the system, refunded their contributions only, for such acts of criminal malfeasance while in office to include the Goon squad.

Fish Head said...

It’s been all downhill for Beulah since the Conservation League burned down…

Anonymous said...

Beulah is at least 30 miles from Rena Lara and the Conservation League. We never went to Beulah from the League. You confused?

But you are right - the current Conservation League ain't the same...

Fish Head said...

3:56, I’m not confused, just old. The Conservation League I mentioned was at the Beulah landing and burned in the 1960s.


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