Greene County Sheriff Jonathan ‘Joe’ Benison has responded to an audit report released last week says he misspent $5 million in bingo funds.

The sheriff provided a statement to the Greene County Democrat disputing the audit’s findings.

“It is regrettable that, in the face of documentation justifying the millions of dollars of expenditures made to improve the lives of the citizens of Greene County, the vendetta of the forces in Montgomery continues,” Benison told the newspaper.

Benison has not returned calls from AL.com about the audit, which tracked revenues and expenditures by sheriff’s office from Oct. 1, 2018 to April 30, 2024.

The audit report includes an order that Benison repay the money and says the matter has been referred to the district attorney and attorney general.

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