Council member named in Shelby County clerk's office arrests
From Sunshine Review
April 2009
[edit] Barbara Swearengen-Ware named in county clerk's office indictments
Eight Shelby County (Tenn.) Clerk's office employees were indicted in April 2009 for taking bribes to register cars without an inspection or other proper documentation.
City Councilwoman Barbara Swearengen-Ware was named in three of the indictments, which allege the councilwoman gave money to three different employees in order to get a car registered without proper documentation.
Those arrested were: Darlene McKee, Millicent Rogers, Rita Jones, Patricia Reid, Janice Garrett, Anita Porter, Seprice Crews and Julia Marshall.
[edit] Investigation began with call to Organized Crime Unit
The Shelby County Clerk's office indictments are the result of $56,000 investigation that started with a call to the Organized Crime Unit in 2008.[1]
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