A Bullitt County deputy jailer has been accused of stealing over $25,000 from the Bullitt County Detention Center.
The Bullitt County Sheriff’s Office arrested 56-year-old Gene E. Maness on Tuesday after being informed by jail officials that someone was stealing money from the jail, according to a report by WAVE.com.
Maness, while being questioned by police, admitted to taking $25,600 from inmate accounts, as he “was in charge of taking money in the jail for inmate accounts,” according to WAVE.com. He carried the money out of the jail in a bag.
He was charged with theft by unlawful taking and first-degree official misconduct and lodged in the Nelson County Detention Center.
By Ken Howlett, News Director
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