Morgan Co. Judge-Executive to Face Federal Judge Today

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ Web Desk) – Morgan County’s judge-executive goes before a federal judge today for sentencing in a corruption case that prosecutors say continued as the Appalachian area struggled to rebuild from a deadly tornado.   Prosecutors say Tim Conley steered a million dollars in work to a construction company following that tornado, in exchange for more than 120-thousand dollars in kickbacks.  Conley pleaded guilty in August to a fraud charge stemming from the kickback scheme.

The March 2, 2012, tornado killed six people in Morgan county, among 25 who died in an outbreak of twisters statewide.