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Convicted Felon Getting State Funding
By kmox.cbslocal.com
Published: 12/21/2010

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – A Southeast Missouri development project getting $2 million in state aid is led by a man on probation after he pleaded guilty to felonies of passing more than $90,000 in bad checks, according to court records obtained by The Associated Press.

Gov. Jay Nixon recently flew to Cape Girardeau to tout tax credits and grants for the parent company of Hometown Innovation Team, which plans to manage a dental, vision and chiropractic cooperative. Court records show that the president and CEO of Hometown Innovation Team, Weaver Dickerson, pleaded guilty three years ago to five felony counts of passing bad checks.

Dickerson, 34, confirmed Friday to the AP that he is on probation for passing bad checks but declined to comment further about the cases. His birth date matches those listed on state court records from the bad check cases.

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