ATLANTA (AP) — The former chief financial officer for Atlanta pleaded guilty on Monday to stealing money from the city for personal travel and guns and trying to cheat the federal government on his income taxes. Jim Beard, 60, pleaded guilty to one count of federal program theft and one count of tax obstruction in federal court in Atlanta. GEORGIA POLICE IDENTIFY FBI ATLANTA GATE CRASH SUSPECT AS ERVIN BOLLING U.S. District Judge Steve Jones is scheduled to sentence Beard on July 12. Beard could... Read this story
