Former Madison County Deputy Indicted

JACKSON- State Auditor Stacey Pickering announced today that Marcus Hudson, a former Madison County Deputy Sheriff and Madison County Tax Collector Process Server, has been indicted on one count of making fraudulent statements.

Special Agents from the State Auditor’s Office have served Hudson with a demand in the amount of $12,373.51, which includes the total embezzled, along with interest and investigative expenses.

Hudson, 30, is accused of falsifying time sheets in order to embezzle public funds to which he was not entitled in his part-time position as process server for the Madison County Tax Collector. Hudson filled out three time sheets dated March 23, 2012, April 5, 2012, and April 20, 2012, and presented them for payment for time he never worked.