MAYFIELD, Ky. (KFVS) - A former employee of the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet was arrested on allegations of theft during his employment.
Kentucky State Police Post 1 received information on April 13 from the KYTC Driver Licensing Regional Office in Mayfield. The information reported that an employee there stole payments for services KYTC provided at the office.
The suspect was 33-year-old Hunter Simmons of Bradford, Tennessee.
An investigation revealed that Simmons was employed as the Administrative Section Supervisor for the KYTC Driver Licensing Regional Offices in Mayfield and Paducah.
He allegedly stole around $88.5K from the Mayfield location. There is still an ongoing investigation at the Paducah location.
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The Mayfield investigation was presented to the Graves County grand jury on May 12. Simmons was indicted for the offense of Theft By Unlawful Taking (greater than $10,000 but less than $1,000,000).
Simmons was located and arrested by the Gibson County TN Sheriff’s Office on May 19. He was taken to the Graves County Restricted Custody Center and served with the indictment warrant on May 21.
This is an ongoing investigation.
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