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A former Nelsonville clerk pleads guilty to charges of theft in office

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ATHENS, Ohio (WOUB) — A former Nelsonville clerk has pled guilty to three criminal charges for stealing city funds.  

Photo of town square in Nelsonville Ohio. The town's fountain in on the left hand side of the image with buildings on the right.
The town square in Nelsonville [WOUB]
Jessica Mount served as the Nelsonville Police Department and Mayor’s Court secretary from November 2021 to December 2022. The Auditor of State’s Special Investigations Unit received a complaint in April 2023 alleging that Mount stole city funds. SIU found that $5,000 of funds were not deposited into a city bank account. 

The charges Mount pled to last week were theft in office, a felony, and two misdemeanors for soliciting improper compensation and dereliction of duty. 

This isn’t the first time Mount has committed a crime while in office. In March 2023, she pleaded guilty to two misdemeanors for unauthorized use of a law enforcement database. She was forced to pay $600 to the Athens County Empowerment Diversion Program.  

Mount will serve five years of community control supervision and will pay over $11,000 in restitution.