RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WLBT) – When WLBT’s ‘Side Hustle’ investigation first aired in 2023, neither former Richland Mayor Pat Sullivan nor his boss, then Tax Assessor John Sullivan, responded to repeated requests for comment.
Their explanation, that Pat was required to “give back” thousands of hours of vacation time, is only now being presented to jurors in his criminal trial.
Opening statements in the case, where he’s accused of falsifying timesheets for extra money from his county job, began Monday by addressing our investigation, the same report that prompted the state to look in the first place…