Where did the guns go?
A continuing investigation of Waller County Sheriff Glen Smith, has exposed a lax accounting of where expensive weapons are, and a gun buying frenzy that appears to be a waste of taxpayer’s money for unnecessary weapons.
Dolcefino Consulting reviewed receipts for gun purchases after the Sheriff reported his county vehicle had been broken into, and among other weapons, his machine gun had been stolen. As it turns out, the Sheriff and his key gun buyers didn’t buy just one sub machine gun, they bought two, along with a slew of handguns and rifles and 20 silencers over a three-year period. Why? The new weapons were purchased even though the Sheriff’s own inventory shows many weapons aren’t even assigned to any employee of the Sheriff’s Office.
What is clear is that Waller County Auditor Alan Younts, the guy who is supposed to keep track of inventory, and the taxpayer’s assets, didn’t have a clue what guns the Sheriff has bought with discretionary funds or where those weapons are now.
We have been given all the receipts the Sheriff and the Waller County District Attorney’s Office say exist. There are receipts for weapons that do not show up in the auditor’s inventory, or the much larger Sheriffs inventory, raising a simple question which investigators should answer. Where are the guns?
The Sheriff and key employees have traded in several weapons, but again the paper trail raises questions. There are no receipts for some of these purported trades.
Dolcefino Consulting has offered to share our findings with Waller County Officials, but a full immediate audit is clearly needed. And the Sheriff should be made to explain why he keeps buying more guns, when many of the weapons he’s already bought aren’t being used by anyone.
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