FLAGSTAFF — A former Coconino County official who went on to oversee Navajo County’s health department was sentenced Wednesday to nine months in jail for misusing public money to cover more than $84,000 in personal expenses over a six-year span. His plea agreement called for probation on two of the three convictions and restitution payments of $82,500 to Coconino County and $1,700 to Navajo County. Since Lee was sentenced to probation on the third conviction, prosecutors said he was required to serve at least nine months in jail. The case was filed in Coconino County, where Lee previously worked as an emergency preparedness manager from August 2012 until April 2017. “I don’t have any excuses for this,” Lee told the court before beginning his sentence immediately in the Coconino County jail.

Source: Daily Sun November 19, 2021 09:27 UTC