Government Funds used to Buy Tuxedo for Pug

An Arkansas county worker paid her bills, bought Arkansas Razorbacks tickets and purchased a dog tuxedo using taxpayer funds, investigators said. Former Garland County administrative assistant Kristi Lyn Goss, 43, was arrested Tuesday on six felony fraud charges after investigators said she had bilked taxpayers for $200,000, The Sentinel-Record of Hot Springs reported.

Garland County Judge Rick Davis fired Goss after his financial staff alerted him to “irregularities with the county credit card” in May, Davis said in a statement to the local newspaper.

“I hope for swift justice in this situation and hope a message has been sent to all that any and all misconduct and noncompliance with county policy and the law will not be tolerated and appropriate actions will always be taken to bring justice,” Davis said.

Investigators flagged charges for electric and water bills, car payments, cellphone bills, real estate taxes and student meals at a local school district in personal purchases dating back to October 2012, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by United Press International.

Goss' other personal charges included a $128 diamond bracelet from Bradford Exchange, $87 sequin throw pillows from Etsy and over $1,850 in gift cards from Hotels.com, investigators said. An agent with the state police said she also used county funds to buy pet insurance.

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