Man pleads guilty to fraud involving fallen Huntsville police officer’s memorial fund
Devonte Lemond Hammonds
Posted: Feb 19, 2021 4:31 PM
Updated: Feb 19, 2021 4:50 PM
Posted By: Ashley Thusius
A Birmingham man pleaded guilty on Friday to fraud involving fallen Huntsville Police Officer Billy Clardy III’s memorial fund.
The United States Attorney for the Northern District of Alabama said Devonte Lemond Hammonds, 27, pleaded guilty to one count of access device fraud and one count of wire fraud.
He pleaded guilty to a scheme in December of 2019 to fraudulently obtain money from the Billy Clardy III Memorial Fund.
Clardy was killed in the line of duty the same year. After his death, a memorial fund was set up to help his family.