For me the huge significance of this is the willingness of the people (and the FBI) to stand up against greed and power.
While we're out here in the rural boonies...this man was high up in the grand scheme of things....and in control of millions and millions of money designated to be used for people in 12 counties. Twelve! They've been known for years and years to not really provide any services other than to their constituency.
It shows the way we take it back is to start from within.
I am in complete agreement with this man going down....
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USA vs Diggles ~ Indictment
The United States of America Vs. Walter Diggles, Rosie Diggles, Anita Diggles
Posted: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 4:36 pm
by Steve W Stewart
KTRE 9 News in Lufkin is reporting that Walter Diggles has tendered a document announcing his intention to “retire” from the Deep East Texas Council of Government.
The action came on Wednesday, just prior to a meeting in which the DETCOG Board of Directors were reportedly slated to discuss and decide Diggles’ job status.
The DETCOG Board earlier this month stripped him of his pay and all benefits.
Diggles also recently resigned from his position on the board of directors of Jasper’s First National Bank in late December.
Walter Diggles, 62, along with his wife, Rosie, 61, and their daughter, Anita, 30, were all indicted by a Federal Grand Jury late last year. The court action followed a February 2014 raid of the DETCOG headquarters in Jasper, where Diggles was employed as executive director. Federal agents simultaneously raided the Lighthouse Church of God in Christ, where Walter Diggles is pastor, and the home of Walter & Rosie Diggles, which was then followed by nearly two years of investigation.
Federal prosecutors allege in the 28 count indictment that the three conspired to steal
millions of dollars in federal block grant funds. Meanwhile, all three have since entered pleas of innocence, and have requested jury trials.
http://www.kjas.com/news/local_news/article_7920e2e0-c546-11e5-a47f-2b24e8a522d8.html