Appeals court reinstates charges against Rod Turner in alleged BPU theft scheme

An appeals court has given new life to the felony theft case against a Wyandotte County attorney accused of stealing more than $400,000 from the Kansas City, Kansas, Board of Public Utilities.

Late last week, the Kansas Court of Appeals overturned a 2009 district court ruling that threw out 57 felony charges against Rodney Turner, the Star reported. A grand jury indicted Turner and ex-BPU chief administrative

officer Marc Conklin in October 2008 for allegedly stealing more than $400,000 from

the BPU. Conklin allegedly knowingly approved payment of phony bills for legal

services that Turner

had submitted between September 1, 2003, and April 30, 2008.