FRANKFORT, KY (June 1, 2005) - Attorney General Greg Stumbo announced today that a Scott County grand jury has charged a former employee of the Kentucky Administrative Office of the Courts Drug Court program and the current Director of the Scott, Bourbon and Woodford County Intensive Criminal Probation (ICOP) program with nine (9) counts of theft following a criminal investigation conducted by the Attorney General’s Kentucky Bureau of Investigation (KBI.)

Reeves is currently in charge of the ICOP program which was set up to provide area judges with an alternative to standard probation and supervision. The ICOP program is funded by grant money from the state Justice Cabinet and from the supervision fees paid by probationers. It is designed to provide treatment and counseling for eligible offenders in Scott, Bourbon and Woodford counties.

The indictment charges that Reeves stole approximately $5,700 in supervision fees and other funds from the ICOP program and other individuals between September of 2002 and July of 2004, including seven felony counts of theft of funds over $300 and 2 misdemeanor counts of theft under $300.

“The stolen funds are administered by the Community Corrections Branch of the Justice Cabinet,” Stumbo said. “KBI agents alerted officials of the Justice Cabinet in October, 2004, of the financial discrepancies in the drug court and ICOP programs. The Auditor’s Office has examined deficiencies in the administration of these taxpayer funds. Hopefully, the Justice Cabinet will implement needed changes.”

Stumbo stated that Reeves is no longer employed by the Administrative Office of the Courts but continues to work for the ICOP program. The Attorney General’s Special Prosecutions Unit will be handling the prosecution of the case.