Tag Archives: Improper payments to DeSoto councilwoman’s husband now top $140K

A DeSoto City Council member’s husband pocketed more than $140,000 in misappropriated public funds when he served as chief of economic development, according to an investigative firm hired by the city to audit his spending. The figure far exceeds previous estimates of improper payments Jeremiah Quarles is alleged to have received before he left his job in late 2016. He …

Read More »