Chairwoman and President of Birmingham Water Works Board has been charged with embezzlement
Birmingham AL Dec 10 2017 The chairwoman and president of the Birmingham Water Works Board has been charged with embezzlement.
Sherry W. Lewis was booked Wednesday afternoon into the Jefferson County Jail with a $30,000 bond.
Jail records list embezzlement as the charge, but no further details are available at this time. More details will be added to this story as they are confirmed.
In a statement, an attorney for Lewis said she is innocent of the charges and said the grand jury has heard only one side of the evidence.
“Sherry looks forward to her day in court and expects to be acquitted of all charges by a jury of her peers in a trial where she will have the right to confront the prosecution’s evidence,” the statement read.
Lewis’ indictment comes after months of speculation about an ongoing special grand jury focused on public corruption in metro Birmingham.
