Randall McClure, former department chair of writing and linguistics, stayed in a hotel with two other guests unrelated to Georgia Southern University or the cancelled writing symposium, according to recent findings from Public Safety.

“(The guests) were not associated with that particular symposium or Georgia Southern University,” Terry Briley, captain of Public Safety, said.

After McClure’s visit to Streetsboro, Ohio, where a writing symposium held at Kent State University had been cancelled, Audit and Advisory Services reviewed McClure’s travel expenses, including meal and hotel expenses, according to the audit report.

McClure’s hotel bill showed that he stayed in a two-bedroom suite with two other guests, according to the audit report.

McClure stayed at TownePlace Suites in Streetsboro where his hotel bill totaled to $1,018.15 for a two-bedroom suite at a rate of $129 a night, according to the audit report.

When questioned by Accounts Payable as to why he got a two-bedroom suite, McClure stated that it came with a kitchen, according to the audit report.

All suites offer a full kitchen with refrigerator, microwave, stove/oven and dishwasher, including the one-bedroom suites, according to the TownePlace Suites in Streeetsboro’s website.

McClure met with Dr. Huot, who was in charge of the symposium on the morning of June 20, 2011, and stayed in Streetsboro until June 26, according to the audit report.

McClure is from Hudson, Ohio, which is approximately 10 miles from Streetsboro where the cancelled symposium was to be held, according to the audit report.

Briley was unaware of any other meetings that Huot and McClure may have had or if he had been visiting family in Ohio.

Briley interviewed McClure on November 2, 2011, after Audit and Advisory Services turned over the case to Public Safety.

McClure was subsequently arrested on November 14, 2011, and charged with theft by deception, according to the audit report.

Jess Johnson, McClure’s lawyer, said the Pate Lawfirm wishes to make no comment at this time.