A jury in the Second Division of 11th West Circuit Court found Rodrick Morris guilty of 79 of 82 counts of accepting city funds from a now-deceased Pine Bluff Urban Renewal Agency executive director for asbestos work he did not perform.
The former director of the Pine Bluff Urban Renewal Agency was charged Thursday with 46 counts of forgery, 38 counts of theft of property and one count of abuse of office in a scheme that the Jefferson County prosecuting attorney’s office said bilked the agency out of $667,384.