RHODES By William Moore Daily Journal ABERDEEN – William Paul Rhodes will report on April 4 to begin serving more than two years in federal prison. Rhodes, the former purchasing clerk for Alcorn County, pleaded guilty to a single count of fraud in U.S. District Court in September 2015. Sentencing was delayed until this week. According to court documents, Rhodes submitted false invoices to the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality for the clean-up and removal at fictitious and nonexistent dump sites.