Perry couple on trial for DHS aid fraud

(Perry-AP) -- A man and woman charged with conspiracy to defraud a state agency will go to trial. <br><br>Former Perry Police Department chief investigator David Farrow is accused of receiving $14,000

Tuesday, October 22nd 2002, 12:00 am

By: News On 6

(Perry-AP) -- A man and woman charged with conspiracy to defraud a state agency will go to trial.

Former Perry Police Department chief investigator David Farrow is accused of receiving $14,000 in aid from the Department of Human Services even though he was ineligible.

Farrow's common-law wife Alicia McCullough faces the same charge.

An affidavit says the couple claimed Farrow did not provide financial support to McCullough and her children.

But testimony in a hearing Monday showed the couple had property and assets together and a joint checking account.

The couple could spend up to ten years in jail or pay as much as $25,000 in fines.