JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi man is appealing his conviction for fraud involving debris removal following Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
Aubrey Brant Sturdivant of Waynesboro is serving a 41-month prison sentence for a 2013 conviction in federal court in Jackson for conspiracy to defraud the government.
Sturdivant was indicted in 2011. Prosecutors say Sturdivant had a contract for debris removal in Wayne County that paid him specified amounts based on the diameter of that tree or limb brought in.
Prosecutors say a county inspector would prepare a debris-removal ticket that tallied the work.
Prosecutors say Sturdivant submitted inflated debris removal tickets resulting in increased compensation under the contract.
Sturdivant has appealed his conviction to the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. The court has scheduled oral arguments for Jan. 7 in New Orleans.
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