OSBI Investigation Finished In Mcalester

McALESTER, Okla. (AP) -- Pittsburg County District Attorney Jim Bob Miller says it will be at least two weeks until he determines whether criminal charges are warranted in the city of McAlester's use

Sunday, October 1st 2006, 6:35 pm

By: News On 6

McALESTER, Okla. (AP) -- Pittsburg County District Attorney Jim Bob Miller says it will be at least two weeks until he determines whether criminal charges are warranted in the city of McAlester's use of $800,000 earmarked for economic development.

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation has finished a report on the bond expenditures, but Miller a two-week trial docket will prevent him from studying it.

Former city officials in 2004 transferred $618,000 into the city's general fund and asked a bank to withhold the remaining $182,000 to make payments on unrelated bonds.

State law requires that bond money be spent only for the purpose for which it was borrowed.