A former recovery court director in Tennessee faces seven felony charges after state investigators say she diverted thousands of dollars in funds intended to help people recover from addiction — and falsified documents to hide it.
According to an investigative report from the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office, Julie Ann Odom served as director of the 13th Judicial District Recovery Courts from 2012 until she resigned on October 28, 2024. The program serves Putnam, White, Clay, DeKalb, Overton, Pickett and Cumberland counties, providing supervision, treatment and housing assistance to non-violent felony offenders with substance abuse issues.
“It’s to help people in need coming out of an addiction, overcome that problem, get back on their feet,” said John Dunn, director of communications for the Comptroller’s Office…