Event Brief
Former TCAT Elizabethton Employees Indicted in $1M Scheme
By The BriefBrief · Sources (1)
Filed: Sep 21, 2026 at 3:00 PM ET
Summary: Two former Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT) Elizabethton employees, John Lige Lee and Mark Allen DeHart, were indicted by a Carter County Grand Jury on multiple felony counts. The state investigation alleges a multi-year scheme misappropriating more than $1 million in public resources.
WHO: John Lige Lee and Mark Allen DeHart, former TCAT Elizabethton employees
WHAT: Indicted on multiple felony counts, including theft, tied to an alleged $1 million misappropriation scheme involving public resources
WHEN: Sep 21, 2026 at 2:35 PM ET
WHERE: Carter County, Tennessee
WHY: A state investigation found a multi-year scheme that allegedly misappropriated more than $1 million in public resources.
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