Henderson Constable Earl Mitchell was under extreme financial pressure.
It was 2015, and Clark County officials had taken control of Mitchells office revenues. The elected lawman had a six-figure IRS debt and liked gambling, upscale restaurants and bars.
His solution, according to prosecutors, was to overstate the costs of his deputies salaries, expenses and income tax withholding amounts so he could keep the money for himself.
Three months after the county increased oversight of the constables account, Steven Kilgore, Mitchells chief deputy and friend of 30 years, warned him that ignoring the countys financial controls would put him in the crosshairs. But Mitchells annual salary of $103,000 and a nearly $60,000 pension apparently we…
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