COTTON PLANT HOUSING AUTHORITY FRAUDSTERS GET PRISON SENTENCE AND OWE OVER $700K IN RESTITUTION

RHONDA & GARY WILLIAMS

Rhonda and Gary Williams (CLICK TO VIEW OUR PREVIOUS POST ABOUT THE WILLIAMS) will serve prison time after using their positions at the Cotton Plant Housing Authority to intercept funds, solicit bribes, misuse company credit cards and do construction on their home, U.S. Attorney Patrick C. Harris said in a statement today.

 

Rhonda Williams, 50, was given a sentence of three years and one month. Gary Williams, her 59-year-old husband, was sentenced to two years. Both sentences will be followed by three years of supervised release. 

The ruling comes after the couple pled guilty to conspiring to commit bank fraud and money laundering in September. 

At the time of their crimes, Rhonda Williams was the housing authority’s executive director. Her husband was its maintenance supervisor. 

The court ordered the pair to jointly pay $732,177.80 in restitution and hand over the money in four bank accounts, an SUV, a boat and $145,000 cash seized from their home.

“These defendants took public money that was meant to provide affordable housing to a low income population, and instead used it for their own personal gain,” Harris said. 

The Williams residence, a meager $350k hovel

The Williams' backyard pool (photo from Rhonda's Facebook page)

BENTON COUNTY DEPUTY CHARGED WITH SEXUAL ASSAULT AFTER STEP-DAUGHTER WOKE TO FIND HIM NAKED NEXT TO HER IN BED

RICHARD KEVIN HARRISON - FIRED BY BENTO CO. SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT

A Benton County deputy was arrested on today for Sexual Assault, 2nd Degree, a Class B Felony.

 

A Class B Felony carries a minimum sentence of five years but no more than twenty years and a maximum fine of $15,000.

If Harrison is found guilty of the offense, he would also have to register as a sexual offender.

 
Harrison turned himself into the Benton County Sheriff’s Office  this morning, said Sgt. Shannon Jenkins of the Benton County Sheriff’s Office.

SGT. SHANNON JENKINS

He was fired from his position as a Benton County deputy on Wednesday after Rogers police informed the sheriff’s office about an impending warrant for Harrison.

Harrison was not on the job at the time of the incident, nor is the incident connected to his employment, according to a Benton County Sheriff’s Office press release.

Rogers police were called to a Rogers home on Monday after a woman, Kimberly Scott, said she awoke to find Harrison, her step-father, naked in her bed touching her, according to the incident report. Scott,  said she has been creeped out by Harrison for a while.

KIMBERLY SCOTT (left) & HER DAUGHTER, ASHLEY WISE (right)

 Documents filed in the criminal case against Harrison provide details that led to his being charged.

 

 KEVIN HARRISON & KATHERINE HARRISON

  

FROM SCOTT'S FACEBOOK PAGE - HER MOTHER & CREEPY STEP-DAD

 
Scott said she has awoken to Harrison naked and lying in the same bed as her on multiple occasions, but this time he went too far.

Harrison bonded out of jail on today on a $7,500 bond.

CLICK TO VIEW THE CRIMINAL CASE FILINGS