THE WASHINGTON COUNTY TENNESSEE GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED A FORMER JOHNSON CITY EMPLOYEE ON NEW CHARGES. EARLIER THIS WEEK, DANNY DAVIS WAS INDICTED ON CHARGES OF MONEY LAUNDERING, OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT, AND 48 COUNTS OF FORGERY. NOW THE GRAND JURY HAS INDICTED DAVIS ON CHARGES OF STEALING MORE THAN 60-THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM THE CITY. THE TENNESSEE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION BEGAN INVESTIGATING THE LONG-TIME CITY EMPLOYEE LAST SUMMER. DAVIS WAS IN CHARGE OF THE BID PROCESS FOR THE CITY’S DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. PROSECUTORS CONTEND THAT DAVIS SET UP A FAKE COMPANY TO OUT-BID CONTRACTORS COMPETING FOR CITY PROJECTS. THE NEW CHARGES ALLEGE THAT FROM MARCH 2003 THROUGH JUNE OF 2007 DAVIS STOLE MORE THAN THE INTIAL 10-THOUSAND DOLLARS.