PIERRE, S.D. (SOUTH DAKOTA SEARCHLIGHT) – A former state employee faces criminal charges for allegedly forging and falsifying reports of food-service health inspections she never conducted, South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announced Tuesday.
Renee Lynn Strong, 55, of Springfield, was indicted Tuesday on 26 forgery-related charges carrying a maximum combined sentence of up to 91 years in prison and up to $182,000 in fines, Jackley said.
Strong allegedly filed food-service health inspection reports without actually inspecting the businesses between February and June of this year. Five impacted businesses — including bars, restaurants and other businesses serving food — cooperated with the investigation, said Jackley, who believes there may have been more forgeries than investigators have found so far. Jackley said the businesses are not suspected of wrongdoing.
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