- State audit finds Lewis Coomer's office used accounting software that allowed employees to change entries without leaving an audit trail -- Dec. 7, 1999
The internal control problems in Coomer's office come on the heels of reports that
prisoners
doing state time in Putnam County Jail had jailer's fees added to their
bills of costs at a time when the legislature had not authorized such charges.
In addition, at least one indictment in Coomer's files was altered to include
a second charge after the grand jury had refused to do so. One of the witnesses
in that case was an employee of Coomer's office. Story
- Should Lewis Coomer pay taxes on money he stole?
U.S. Treasury Department.
over
the stories about Lewis
Coomer, the Putnam County clerk of criminal court. I was wondering
where the money went. You will notice that Coomer illegally
collected money from prisoners during a period he was acquiring real
estate. When asked, he said Putnam County Sheriff Jerry Abston knew from
where the authority came. But
Abston denied it. Also, Coomer had more than 40
parking tickets fixed. Can you tell us whether he or Abston or both
of them should have to pay taxes on any of that money? Let
us know
