{"id":15685,"date":"2016-10-11T09:55:31","date_gmt":"2016-10-11T13:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=15685"},"modified":"2016-10-11T09:58:49","modified_gmt":"2016-10-11T13:58:49","slug":"owed-for-theft-6263-former-paulding-county-deputy-auditor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/owed-for-theft-6263-former-paulding-county-deputy-auditor\/","title":{"rendered":"Owes for Theft $6,263 &#8212; Former Paulding County Deputy Auditor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/sheriff-police-badge.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1376\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/sheriff-police-badge-300x277.jpg?resize=201%2C187\" alt=\"sheriff police badge\" width=\"201\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/sheriff-police-badge.jpg?resize=300%2C277&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/sheriff-police-badge.jpg?w=666&amp;ssl=1 666w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a>Columbus<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 A former Paulding County deputy auditor who pleaded guilty to theft in office in September owes the county $6,263, according to an audit released today by Auditor of State Dave Yost.<\/p>\n<p>The audit found instances where former Deputy Auditor\u00a0Mereidith\u00a0Davis cashed customer checks at the county treasurer\u2019s office and\/or removed cash for personal use. Auditors identified $5,228 in conveyance fees that were collected but never submitted to the county treasurer or deposited into the county bank account.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStealing tax dollars is a bad idea to begin with,\u201d Auditor Yost said, \u201cbut stealing them from a county auditor is just plain stupid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The audit also noted three instances where Davis incorrectly processed warranty deeds as exempt deeds. Exempt deeds are only assessed a transfer fee, while warranty deeds are also assessed a conveyance fee. As a result, Davis collected $1,035 in conveyance fees but never submitted the funds to the county treasurer.<\/p>\n<p>A $6,263 finding for recovery was issued against Davis. On Sept. 13, 2016, she pleaded guilty to a fifth-degree felony charge of theft in office. A sentencing hearing is scheduled today at 10:30 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>A full copy of this report is available\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ohioauditor.gov\/auditsearch\/detail.aspx?ReportID=124652\">online<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Columbus\u00a0\u2013 A former Paulding County deputy auditor who pleaded guilty to theft in office in September owes the county $6,263,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[1855,6104,12,59],"class_list":["post-15685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government-legal","tag-auditor","tag-guilty","tag-ohio","tag-paulding"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YQd9-44Z","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-27 07:58:55","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15685","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15685"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15685\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}