The former president of the Alton chapter of AFSCME has admitted to stealing money after he was caught embezzling more than 200-thousand dollars from the organization.
The U.S. Attorney's office reports 35-year-old Byron Clemons, Sr. of Alton, pleaded guilty Tuesday in a U.S. District courtroom to one count of Interstate Transportation of Stolen Money.
Clemons was the president of AFSCME’s Local 124 in Alton from June 2017 through January 2022.
According to court documents, Clemons withdrew a total of 202-thousand-100-dollars from the Local 124’s U.S. Bank account from February 2021 to January 2022.
He used the funds to gamble at casinos and pay personal expenses.
Clemons' sentencing is scheduled for July 20 at the U.S. District Courthouse in Benton.
