By Greg Kocher
gkocher1@herald-leader.com
HARRODSBURG — Former Mercer County Clerk Ronnie Compton was sentenced Tuesday to a five-year diversion program in which he agreed to pay $10,240 in restitution.
Compton, 45, had been charged with theft by failure to make required disposition of property. He entered an Alford plea in September.
Under an Alford plea, a defendant does not admit guilt but acknowledges that there’s evidence for possible conviction.
An indictment in June alleged that Compton had dealt with money in the clerk’s office as his own.
Compton, who works for a car dealer, has five years to make restitution. Compton had no comment after Tuesday’s sentencing before Mercer Circuit Court Judge Darren Peckler.
If Compton fails to repay the money or gets into trouble, he faces a one-year prison sentence.
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