GULFPORT, Miss. (AP) - Federal prosecutors, apparently satisfied with a guilty plea in state court, are dismissing charges against a former Mississippi Department of Marine Resources manager.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Jerry Rushing made the filing Wednesday in federal court in Gulfport to dismiss the indictment on conspiracy and fraud charges against Tina Shumate.
Shumate pleaded guilty earlier this month in Harrison County Circuit Court to signing false travel documents and receiving reimbursement for expenses she didn't incur.
The former manager of the department's coastal resource office is already serving a two-year prison sentence on that state conviction, which will be followed by four years of probation. Circuit Judge Roger T. Clark has also ordered Shumate to pay $14,091 in restitution.
Four other state charges were dismissed as part of that plea agreement.
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