WASHINGTON, Aug. 10 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
RENO - The former Chief of the Washoe County Department of Alternative Sentencing is scheduled to make his initial appearance in court today for allegedly embezzling over $55,000 in federal grant award funds.
"Public service is a public trust, and violating that trust for personal enrichment degrades the integrity of our civic institutions," said First Assistant United States Attorney Sigal Chattah for the District of Nevada. "The Department of Justice, alongside our federal and local law enforcement partners, remains deeply committed to rooting out public corruption through our Public Corruption ...