Greene County sheriff: state should be ashamed of claims in recent audit report

Greene County Sheriff Jonathan Benison defended his use of charity bingo money and said the Examiners of Public Accounts office “should be ashamed” over its allegations that he misspent nearly $5 million.

In a press release, Bennison tied the recent audit report, which noted a number of questionable expenditures and a lack of documentation, to a long running feud between bingo proprietors in Greene County and state officials. He indicated that the allegations against him were unfounded and that he provided the state with documentation to support those expenditures.

“It is regrettable that in the face of documentation justifying the millions of dollars of expenditures made to improve the lives of the citizens of Greene County, the vendetta of the forces in Montgomery continue,” a release