Jones County Beat 5 Supervisor Travares Comegys has resigned and the charges he was facing for embezzlement/fraud have been dismissed, according to an order that was filed in Jones County Circuit Court on Wednesday afternoon.
“ ... (O)n the grounds that the defendant has resigned from public office as of February 27, 2024, and the State requests this cause to be dismissed; and the Court grants this motion in reliance on information presented to it by the State,” the Order of Dismissal reads, in part.
The order was signed by Judge Dal Williamson at the request of District Attorney Brad Thompson.
Comegys was represented by Hattiesburg attorney Tom Fortner after being accused of using a county-owned pickup and cellphone to help operate his business, JC Beauty Supply, from July 2020 to April 2021. The business is on Central Avenue, across from his Beat 5 barn. The investigation of the State Auditor’s Office showed that he traveled to “multiple salons and barbershops outside of Jones County” and used the county pickup on a trip to the New Orleans airport. It was also alleged that he used his county cellphone “almost exclusively” to operate JC Beauty Supply.
Comegys was in his second term as supervisor after serving two terms on the Laurel City Council.
Look for more in the next edition of the Leader-Call.
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