INDIANAPOLIS – A former Lawrenceburg Police Officer and council member says he was fired for exposing wrongdoing by city officials.
Doug Taylor filed a federal lawsuit in an Indianapolis court July 25 accusing Lawrenceburg Mayor Dennis Carr and other city officials of ghost employment, theft of public money and other misconduct, the Associated Press reported.
Last year, the Indianapolis Star reported that several government officials supported grants for family and those with financial ties from the Hollywood Casino in Lawrenceburg. The funds are geared toward economic development in Southeastern Indiana.
Taylor had been a police officer for 22 years before being fired last September.
Attorneys did not confirm or deny if federal investigators are looking into the public corruption allegations in Lawrenceburg.
