Former Indiana State Trooper Pleads Guilty To Embezzling Nearly $100K

Dallard R. Tackett, 60, of Nappanee, Indiana, a former Indiana State Trooper, has pleaded guilty to charges he embezzled more than $90,000 from state coffers.  According to authorities, Tackett, a former lieutenant with the Indiana State Police who oversaw toll collections, siphoned toll receipts transferring them into his own accounts over a period of about 3 years.  Specifically, Tackett plead guilty to 17 fraud counts and is due to be sentenced in January 2012.  Tackett had been a 31 year veteran of the Indiana State Police.

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