W: Jill N. Crespi and Daron F. Absher

W ) Property sale / Jill N. Crespi and Daron F. Absher from Robert Brent Gentry and Anita Lynn Gentry.  Douments

( property never reassessed after a sale )

1. In December of 2005, Jill N. Crespi and Daron F. Absher purchased a 1974 sq. ft. home, built in 1999, from Robert Brent Gentry and Anita Lynn Gentry. This brickfront property is located at 1016 Meadowlark Drive in Carterville, Illinois.

2. Robert Brent Gentry is also known as Brent Gentry, an elected county official, one of the three Williamson County Commissioners.

3. P-TAX records confirm that the purchase price for this property was $ 206,000.00. ( see documents referred to as Exhibit W )

4. In an inexcusable departure from the normal and expected assessment requirements, the Williamson County Tax Assessor did not reassess this property to reflect the actual purchase price, aka fair cash value, for the following 2006/2007 tax year.

5. In fact, the Williamson County Tax Assessor did not reassess this property for the subsequent tax years of 2007/2008, 2008/2009, 2009/2010, 2010/2011, 2011/2012, 2012/2013, nor for the current 2013/2014 tax year.

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6. The rough estimate of tax monies the county has been defrauded of in this transaction alone is approximately $ 5,200.00. 

( View Exhibit W Documents )