Arkansas auditors say FBI investigating Newton County
Posted: October 8, 2009 at 11:39 a.m.
LITTLE ROCK — Legislative auditors say the FBI is investigating a report questioning more than $214,000 in expenditures by Newton County officials, including payments to firms owned by a quorum court member and his relatives.
Auditors on Thursday would not say which of the transactions are being reviewed from the report they detailed to lawmakers. The report said that former County Judge Harold Smith made $214,097 in payments to firms without supporting documentation, including payments to an excavating company owned by a quorum court member and another to a farm supply company owned by the quorum court member’s stepfather.
Kim Williams of the Legislative Audit Division said the report has also been forwarded to the Newton County prosecutor. A phone number was not listed for Smith, whose term as county judge ended last year.
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