MOUNTAIN CITY â A Johnson County woman has been indicted on a count of theft over $2,500 following the investigation of the financial operations of two nonprofit charities in the county by the Tennessee Comptrollerâs office.
Angela Wills Dickens, the former executive director of A.C.T.I.O.N., resigned from the organization on May 18, 2018. She was indicted by a Johnson County grand jury on Jan. 11, 2021.
According to the investigative report, A.C.T.I.O.N. is a nonprofit organization whose acronym stands for Alliance of Citizens Together Improving Our Neighborhoods. It was created to provide educational resources, and through collaboration with community organizations, to reduce tobacco, drug and alcohol use among youth in Johnson County. A.C.T.I.O.N is funded primarily by government grants and private donations, and is governed by a 10-person board.