US Attorney Duane A. Evans announced this week that Kevin Stimage, age 44, has been charged by a Bill of Information with Theft from Programs Receiving Federal Funds.
Stimage faces up to ten years imprisonment and a $250,000 fine if convicted.
According to the Bill of Information, in 2019 and 2020, he was employed as a deputy assigned to the transportation division of the Tangipahoa Parish Sheriff’s Office (TPSO). Although Stimage reported working 40 hours a week for TPSO during this time frame. In actuality he was working another job for a different employer, a detail at an apartment complex in Tangipahoa Parish, while purportedly on-duty for TPSO. In 2020, he was promoted to Captain. Stimage subsequently submitted false and fraudulent payroll sheets to TPSO which fraudulently overstated his actual work hours.
U. S. Attorney Evans stated that a Bill of Information is only an allegation, and that the defendant is presumed innocent until he pleads guilty or is found guilty by a jury or judge.
