Skelton

Ex-clerk pleads not guilty

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Kerri Testement
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Wednesday, July 14. 2010
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Braselton’s former court clerk has plead not guilty to charges that she stole at least $17,000 from the town’s municipal court.

Becky Skelton, 48, entered her not guilty plea on Wednesday, June 30 — a day before she was slated to make her first court appearance for an arraignment. She is seeking a jury trial.

In June, Skelton was indicted by a Jackson County grand jury on four counts of theft by taking and one count of forgery in the second degree.

Skelton was arrested in June 2009 on 14 counts of theft by taking and one count of violation of oath by a public officer. After more investigation, she was arrested again in March 2010 for new charges of theft by taking and forgery in the first degree. She posted a $31,000 bond.

When Skelton — an 11-year employee of the town — was arrested last year, Braselton officials alleged that she stole $15,000 in cash bonds from the town’s municipal court, which handles fines stemming from the police department. The thefts allegedly occurred between June 2008 and May 2009.

During her second arrest in March 2010, investigators said they believed Skelton took at least an additional $2,000 in cash bonds from the town from September 2006 to May 2009.

The four theft by taking charges in which Skelton was indicted on by the grand jury allege that she stole at least $500 at unknown times in 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2009.

A warrant also alleges that Skelton forged the signature of a probation officer in a 2008 court order document.

Skelton was fired from her job just before her 2009 arrest.
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