Former Lowndes County auxillary deputy charged with embezzlement

LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – A Lowndes County auxiliary deputy has been fired and found himself in jail.

Jeffery Allen Banks was charged with embezzlement.

Investigators said a Columbus business owner reported that Banks received about $6,500  in payments from a customer but the money was never deposited into the business account.

The owner signed an affidavit and a justice court judge signed the arrest warrant Thursday.

Banks turned himself in to detectives.

The business is not being identified.

Banks was fired Wednesday from his part-time auxiliary deputy position.

He had been with the department since April 2017.