TAYLOR SENTENCED TO 18 MONTHS

December 16, 2010
Contact: [email protected]

(Walhalla, SC). Kathleen Taylor pled guilty today in Oconee County General Sessions Court to Embezzlement of Public Funds. The Honorable Alex Macaulay sentenced her to 10 years suspended on service of 18 months and 5 years probation with restitution of $505,500. Judge Macaulay renewed Taylor’s bail and has allowed her to turn herself in on December 27th to begin her prison sentence.

Taylor was employed by the Oconee County Sheriff’s Office from 2005 to 2009. As office manager, she was responsible for deposits and checks from the Sheriff’s Drug Forfeiture account. According to the SLED investigation, the defendant began taking funds from the account in 2007 and continued until her actions were discovered in November of 2009. Sheriff Singleton stated to the Court that new policies have been instituted by his office to prevent the recurrence of such actions. 

###