Neighbors thought they were paying their taxes. Deputies say the Spalding clerk was stealing them
A former clerk at the Spalding County Tax Commissioner’s Office is facing theft charges after deputies say she was stealing the money people thought they were using to pay their taxes.
Spalding county sheriff Darrell Dix has said that they began an investigation into Alteria William, 27, after tax commissioner Sylvia Hollums started noticing inconsistencies throughout the last few month.
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They say a man reported paying his taxes in cash at the tax commissioner’s office in mid-May, but received a notice that he had not paid.
He returned to pay additional taxes a few days later, but still received no receipt.
He went back the following day to ask for receipts from both transactions. The clerk, Williams, told him she hadn’t given him a receipt before because her printer was broken. She gave him a fake transaction receipt that day.
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Williams turned himself in to the jail Thursday. Williams is charged with two counts of theft by taking, and two counts computer forgery.
Williams may face additional charges, according to Sheriff Dix.
Jail records indicate that Williams was released from the Spalding County Jail.
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