County Clerk Falsified Fleet Claims, Collected Nearly $250K

A Pulaski County employee was arrested Tuesday morning on 153 charges of theft and fraud after being accused of pilfering nearly $250,000 from the county’s vehicle insurance provider since 2008. Wanda Wyatt, 60, of Bryant was placed under arrest after admitting to investigators that she took part in an insurance-reporting scheme, according to an arrest report. She was being held at the Pulaski County jail Tuesday evening on 73 felony counts of theft and 80 felony counts of computer fraud related to submitting or accessing deposits online. Bail was set at $665,000.