Union member indicted for stealing from Union

Brad Jones October 11, 2019 Featured, News Leave a comment 615 Views

A local union officer is accused of ripping off his own union.

Travis Cofer was indicted by a federal grand jury last month on one count of embezzlement of union funds.

He was arrested on Thursday, and scheduled to go before a federal judge in Knoxville for his initial appearance and arraignment later that day.

According to the indictment, Cofer was an officer of the Steelworkers AFL-CIO, Local 9-990 in Rockwood. He allegedly embezzled $12,432.50 from the union between March 19, 2015 and Jan. 26, 2017.

“Travis Cofer made unauthorized withdrawals from the Local’s checking account and unauthorized purchases at Walmart using money that belonged to the Local,” the indictment alleges.

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BBB Communications Owner/Operator Brad Jones has been part of the company since August 1996. A graduate of Coalfield High School in 1987, Brad later earned his degree from the University of Tennessee College of Communications in 1995, where he was honored with the 1995 Broadcast Production Student of the Year Award. Brad began his broadcasting career while still attending college, working at Shop at Home, Inc. from 1993 to 1995. He later worked at Via TV (RSTV, Inc.) from 1995 to 1996 before doing freelance production work in Nashville. In August 1996, he joined the staff at BBB Communications, where he has remained ever since. In 2001, Brad also spent a short time working as a news photographer for WVLT-TV while continuing his role at BBB TV. In addition to his work in local broadcasting, Brad also works part-time at Jewelry Television and works with Packman Productions on “Rivalry Thursday” during football season. Brad is married to Nicole Jenkins Jones, a 1990 graduate of Oak Ridge High School. Nicole works at Oak Ridge Gastroenterology Associates. Together they have three children: Trevor Bogard, Chandler Jones, and Naomi Jones, along with three grandchildren: Carter Bogard, Lucas Hayward, and Adalynn Reece Bogard.

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