Author: Kirk Allen & John Kraft

04 May Shelby County Record Destruction Confirmed?

Posted at 12:25h in Don Koonce, feature, Gary Patterson, Nichole Kroncke, Shelby County, Shelbyville by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

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Shelby Co. (ECWd) - As reported in this article, I asked for specific records that they received permission to destroy. The goal was to determine if they actually were destroyed or not.  The history of this issue is covered in several articles that can be read...

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03 May Shelby County Record Destruction – Update

Posted at 09:26h in Don Koonce, feature, Shelby County, Shelbyville by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 1 Comment

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Shelby Co. (ECWd) - We have received a partial response from the Shelby County Sheriff's Office to our Freedom of Information Act request pertaining to records approved for destruction by the Illinois Secretary of State. The history of this issue is covered in several articles that...

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21 Apr Shelby County – Secretary of State Confirms Records Should Not Be Destroyed

Posted at 11:06h in feature, Nichole Kroncke, Shelby County, Shelbyville by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 4 Comments

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Shelby Co. (ECWd) - We first exposed the questionable record destruction requests in this article.  We stated we were reaching out to the Secretary of State Local Records commission regarding possible improper destruction of records and now have the Commission's response to our inquiry. Media Questions raised...

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16 Apr Former Shelby County Sheriffs Don Koonce and Sean McQueen – Record Destruction Requests of Concern

Posted at 12:27h in Don Koonce, feature, Nichole Kroncke, Shelby County, Shelbyville by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 6 Comments

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Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County board held a special meeting for the purpose of receiving the forensic audit report of the Sheriff's office payroll.  As part of that presentation, the auditor spoke about destroyed records, which we covered in this article. After hearing the auditor...

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15 Apr Shelby County Board Meeting Video

Posted at 13:39h in feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 1 Comment

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Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Board held its regular meeting last night which can be viewed below. Notable actions or inactions include the following: Approved custom farming resolution for the county's poor farm ground, which ironically was suggested as an option 2 years ago...

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11 Apr AG: Coles County Board Violated Open Meetings Act

Posted at 12:05h in Coles County, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 0 Comments

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Coles Co. (ECWd) - The Attorney General's Public Access Counselor has determined the Coles County Board violated the Open Meetings Act by failing to post a notice and the agenda 48 hours in advance of its December 7, 2020, meeting. Rather than simply admit to the error...

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11 Apr Shelby County Forensic Audit – Misinformation Campaign In Overdrive

Posted at 12:02h in Don Koonce, feature, Nichole Kroncke, Shelby County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 1 Comment

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Shelby Co. (ECWd) - We first covered the Shelby County forensic audit results in this article. It didn't take long for people to attempt to spin the information and actually post false claims.  While there is plenty of information to share which has yet to be...

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08 Apr Shelby County Sheriff’s Office Destroyed Payroll Related Records –

Posted at 11:44h in Don Koonce, feature, Nichole Kroncke, Shelby County, Shelbyville by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 3 Comments

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Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County forensic auditor provided a very condensed summary of his findings, which did not include thousands of pages of records.  As we have said for years, many times it's not what we are told or what records are provided that...

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06 Apr Shelby County – Theft of Services?

Posted at 12:33h in Don Koonce, feature, Nichole Kroncke, Shelby County, Shelbyville by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 3 Comments

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Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The forensic audit of the Shelby County Sheriff's office exposed one particular item that jumped out at us.  According to the audit, page 5, the Sheriff's office paid out on 11,808 hours that were never actually worked during the audit period of...

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05 Apr Shelby County Forensic Audit Presentation

Posted at 21:19h in feature, Nichole Kroncke, Shelby County by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 1 Comment

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Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Board held a special meeting tonight for the presentation of the forensic audit of the County Sheriff's office payroll from 2015 to 2020. Our investigation into payroll fraud began clear back in 2018 and the volume of malfeasance we had...

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