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The Greene County Treasurer, John Hoffmann, abruptly and tearfully announced he is retiring, effective immediately.
“I’m John Hoffmann. Today, I’m announcing my retirement as Greene County Treasurer.”
Those are the words of the Greene County Treasurer late Friday afternoon, tearfully announcing that he would be stepping down. His surprise announcement comes just hours after one of his former employees, Lisa Burns, was indicted with a Class B felony for allegedly stealing from the Treasurer’s office, according to Todd Myers of the Greene County Prosecutor’s Office.
The Treasurer, John Hoffman, said he should have been able to catch the wrong.“This has really weighed heavy on my heart…although there’s no allegation that I did anything, but I would say to you this: I should have been able to catch that a little earlier, due to my training. But, you know, I’ve got high standards, and in this case, I just didn’t keep them quite high enough, probably,” Hoffmann said.
Hoffmann has retained criminal defense attorney Dee Wampler, who was with him at this afternoon’s press conference. Wampler said that there has been no whisper of wrongdoing on Hoffmann’s part—and that he is a longtime friend of Hoffmann’s. Burns has entered a plea of not-guilty.
For KSMU News, I'm Jennifer Moore.
