Charges dismissed vs ICDC exec

A former executive of the Itawamba County Development Council, and his wife, no longer face criminal charges after a May agreement to pay their former employer more than $30,000. The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reported July 20 that embezzlement charges against Harvey and Sandy Clements, currently of Saltillo, Miss., had been dismissed in May. The couple agreed to pay the ICDC some $29,948, plus $1,400 in legal fees. Harvey Clements had been the ICDC’s acting executive director, while Sandy Clements was an administrative assistant. Both were indicted in 2015 on felony embezzlement charges alleging they stole money in late 2014. Itawamba County hired Three Rivers Planning and Development District to handle economic development after Clements left the post. (Source: Daily Journal 07/20/18)