The former Glasgow City Administrator and Police Chief, Kevin Atwood, will pay a $500 fine plus court costs in addition to restitution as part of his sentence for receiving stolen property. He pleaded guilty in June to the Class A misdemeanor.

Atwood appeared with his attorney, Daniel Scott Rork, of Moberly, before Judge James Cooksey in Howard County court Thursday morning, August 27. He was originally charged with stealing more than $750, a Class D felony. He was arrested on a Howard County warrant by Moberly police Dec. 2 and was released from the Randolph County jail on a $3,000 bond.

Atwood served as Glasgow police chief from 2004 to 2017. He was appointed as the city administrator in 2013 and held both positions over the next four years until his resignation in October 2017.

Atwood was named in a September 2018 audit by Missouri State Auditor Nicole Galloway that showed thousands of dollars were either missing or misused and that guns sold to him by the City of Glasgow were never paid for and were later sold.

According to a probable cause statement filed by Cpl. Devin Foust of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, the investigation into Atwood began after an anonymous complaint was sent to both the Howard County prosecutor’s office and to the State Auditor.

Findings of the investigation found that Atwood had stolen at least $2,743 from the city’s Coin-a-Matic machine between January 2014 and December 2017. At the time, only Atwood possessed a key to the machine and made withdrawals in order to deposit the cash into the city’s bank account. The machine has a meter to count what money has gone into it. But the meter’s count did not correlate to deposits made.

He is also accused of misusing the city’s Capital One credit card for personal gain between April 2016 and October 2017. He allegedly spent more than $3,000 on purchases not related to city business, including those made on his personal Amazon.com account.

The investigation also concluded that Atwood wrote a check to himself for $1,050, supposedly to be used as “drug buy” money from a confidential informant. “No evidence was provided to the city to indicate this money was used for a controlled drug buy or any other city purpose and is considered missing,” the statement read.

The statement also alleged that Atwood sold at least two firearms which were originally paid for by the city. But there is no record that money was ever deposited with the city. Atwood allegedly sold a CMMG AR-15 rifle and a Glock 22 pistol for $1,000 and $400, respectively. Both were either sold with the ammunition or ammunition was included for an extra fee, according to the probable cause statement. The ammunition was believed to have been purchased with city funds.

Atwood also allegedly made firearms purchases with his clothing allowance. He told FBI investigators that “clothing equipment purchases over the years got very blurred.”

In a press release following the guilty plea, Auditor Galloway said that Atwood betrayed public trust in his positions as city administrator and police chief for his own benefit. “The citizens of Glasgow entrusted Kevin Atwood with positions of great responsibility,” she said. “Corrupt officials should have no place in government in Missouri.”

The City of Glasgow reportedly was able to recoup some of the stolen money by withholding Atwood’s final paycheck.

As part of the plea agreement, Atwood was ordered to pay restitution to the City of Glasgow in the amount of $2,787 and surrender his peace officer license by July 16, 2020. Court records show these requirements were satisfied. He indicated in court Thursday that he would pay the additional fine of $500 plus court costs that were agreed to in the plea deal immediately following the sentencing.