Sullivan County, TN Highway Employees Indicted

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Sullivan County, TN Highway Employees Indicted

July 21st, 2010 Leave a comment Go to comments

Nashville, TN- The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation today arrested the Sullivan County Highway Commissioner and Department Section Foreman on multiple charges after they were indicted by the Sullivan County Grand Jury yesterday.
Sullivan County Highway Commissioner Allan Pope (left picture), 60, 3273 Ridgeview, Kingsport, TN was indicted on seven counts in five separate cases. Charges include one count of theft over $10,000, four counts of theft over $1,000, one count of official misconduct and one count of private use of county equipment.
Sullivan County Highway Department Section Foreman David Campbell (right picture), 60, 244 Clearbranch Circle, Blountville, TN was indicted on eight counts in six separate cases. The charges against him include one count of theft over $10,000, four counts of theft over $1,000, two counts of official misconduct and one count of private use of county equipment.
While working for the county highway department, both Pope and Campbell had work performed on several different private properties at the county’s expense. The incidents occurred at various times as early as November 2006 through March of 2010. Services diverted included performing improvements to real property, filling in a water line ditch and providing a truck load of free gravel. The work was performed at various locations along Graybeal Road, Muddy Creek Road/Brown Circle, Hawley Road, Rice Cross Road and Brookley Drive. The TBI open the case in March of 2010 at the request of the District Attorney General.
Both Pope and Campbell were booked into the Sullivan County Jail on $10,000 bond each.