Criminal charges on Jo Floyd dismissed

Story by Shannon Taylor, Senior Investigative Reporter

Jo Floyd was sent a criminal summons on Sep. 30, 2022, to appear in General Sessions court over a felony theft charge of $1,000. The affidavit was signed by Patrolman Lane Vargas with the Dresden Police Department.

The theft was reported at the behest of Yueh Feng Wu, the only witness listed on the affidavit, who claimed that Floyd had come to their marital home while he was at work and had taken cash, credit cards, his driver’s license and a handgun permit.

However, the list of items stolen given to Floyd at General Sessions court included many more items than the affidavit listed including a backpack with invoices, an SBA notice letter, business journals, bank statements and Wu’s birth certificate.

Floyd stated that she was not informed of this until after Oct. 5 and that she took a box that was prepacked for her in the presence of both Wu and his attorney at the time, Roy Herron, on the date that she was removed from her marital home by an injunction.

All items reported “stolen” were part of marital property. Judge Tommy Moore was set to oversee the case but recused himself due to Floyd’s protests where she claimed that he would be biased. The matter was supposed to go in front of anther Judge, but now the case won’t be seeing the inside of a courtroom after all.

The theft charge was dismissed, and District Attorney Colin Johnson told counsel for Floyd, Jeff Washburn, that he would not be prosecuting.

Washburn said, “Jo and I are thankful that DA Johnson carefully reviewed the case and determined that the circumstances in a divorce case which resulted in the charges were not appropriate for criminal prosecution.”