A former maintenance department employee at the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park has pleaded guilty to theft of government funds for submitting false overtime entries on his timesheets.
Donny Campbell, 48, of Ringgold, Georgia, pleaded guilty on Oct. 2, 2025, to theft of government funds. Sentencing is scheduled for Jan. 23 before U.S. Magistrate Judge John H. Rains IV.
According to federal authorities, Campbell, while working as maintenance staff for the National Park Service, submitted timesheets claiming overtime pay for hundreds of hours that he did not work. The false timesheets spanned January 2017 through June 2019 and resulted in nearly $40,000 in wrongful payments.
“Federal employees are expected to be responsible stewards of taxpayer money,” U.S. Attorney Theodore S. Hertzberg said in a release. “When they abuse that trust, it diminishes public confidence that those dollars are spent appropriately. Federal employees and anyone else who chooses to steal from the public fisc will be held accountable.”
As part of his plea agreement, Campbell agreed to resign, never seek any future federal employment, and pay full restitution to the U.S. Department of the Interior
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