Brian Black, Embezzlement, Tennessee 2018

A former Crockett County 911 director has been convicted of embezzling nearly $180,000 from a trust account.

Brian Black, 42, of Dyersburg, Tennessee, was convicted of embezzlement by a federal jury in Jackson, Tennessee, on June 15, 2018, after a two-week trial.

According to information presented in court, Black embezzled at least $178,000 from the trust account of Oleen H. Fewell Estate while serving as the Chancery Court-appointed trustee for the trust.

The trust had been set up by the will of Oleen Fewell for the benefit of her daughter, Sharon Connor of Alamo, Tennessee.

Instead of using the trust's money for the benefit of Connor, Black spent a large portion of the trust's funds for his own personal benefit.

Among other things, Black wrote over $70,000 in trust checks directly to himself, spent almost $6,000 of trust money on a vacation trip to Florida to attend the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team fantasy camp, and used over $12,000 of trust money to buy items for his own home in Dyersburg.

U.S. Attorney D. Michael Dunavant said the office is committed to exposing and holding accountable those who use their position of trust and authority to prey upon innocent victims.

Black faces a possible maximum sentence of 90 years imprisonment and sentencing is scheduled for September 18, 2018, at 10:00 a.m. before Chief U.S. District Judge S. Thomas Anderson.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdtn/pr/former-crockett-county-911-director-convicted-embezzlement