Wednesday, October 27, 1999
Ex-Boone official gets year in jail, lecture on theft
BY KRISTINA GOETZ
The Cincinnati Enquirer
BURLINGTON — The former Boone County property value administrator, who admitted in August to using as much as $45,000 in office funds to feed his gambling habit, received a stern lecture from the judge Wednesday before he was sentenced.
Boone Circuit Judge Jay Bamberger told David Turner, 35, that his actions brought all elected officials down and that he was an embarrassment.
Judge Bamberger then sentenced Mr. Turner to five years probation, 365 days in jail and restitution for the charge of theft by unlawful taking.
Mr. Turner did not comment to the court.
He will be allowed work release.
“Today was the day for him to accept his punishment, and that is what he did,” said David Davidson, Mr. Turner's lawyer.
Mr. Turner has said he'd never even gone to a racetrack and only bought an occasional lottery ticket until December 1995, when he first set foot ona riverboat casino.
He was able to cover his own losses until sometime in 1997, when he began misappropriat ing funds, officials have said.
He then confessed to Sheriff Mike Helmig in August.
He told the sheriff he moved money among several office accounts to cover the thousands in cash advances he took on the office credit card.
Mr. Turner has not gambled since April and continues to attend Gamblers Anonymous, Mr. Davidson said.
An audit by the state is not yet finished. A hearing is scheduled for Nov. 23, when the amount of restitution will be discussed.
“The cost of the audit is going to be in the thousands of dollars,” Assistant Commonwealth Attorney Linda Tally Smith said.
“We gave him work release so he could pay for it.”
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