Former sheriff’s sergeant charged with theft now facing overtime abuse investigation

Mobile County prosecutors are examining whether a former sheriff’s sergeant charged with theft improperly padded his overtime pay, according to officials.

Lori Myles, a spokeswoman with the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office, told FOX10 News that the department has given the District Attorney’s Office information detailing discrepancies in Daniel Holifield’s time cards. District Attorney Keith Blackwood told FOX10 News that the Sheriff’s Office has cooperated with the probe.

A sampling of Holifield’s time sheets for three months last year – April, May and September – reveal discrepancies on eight dates:April 22: One hour of overlap in which he logged both regular time and overtime. Myles told FOX10 News that the department’s payroll system ordinarily does not allow an employee to enter regular time and overtime for the same hours. But she said as a supervisor, Holifield would have had the ability to manually enter the hours. She said the department has implemented additional controls to prevent something like that from happening in the future. That includes a monthly review of overtime, she said.

The offenses that Holifield is charged with are all Class C felonies, with a penalty range of one to 10 years in prison, if convicted.

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