A former South Carolina sheriff pleaded guilty Thursday to federal charges that he helped steal about $80,000 from his force’s benevolence fund and took pain medication that was supposed to be destroyed as part of a pill take-back program. [More]
So, like with gun “buybacks,” the pills were the sheriff’s department in the first place?
Interesting character, Sheriff Wright:
Sheriff Missing Amid Federal Probe, Armed With Fully Automatic Weapons And SWAT Gear
The benefits of being an “Only One”…
Except he’s not any more.
And so much for “a few bad apples”:
Wright is at least the 12th sheriff in South Carolina to be convicted or to plead guilty to on-duty crimes in the past 15 years, for misconduct including extorting drug dealers, having inmates work at their homes, and hiring a woman and pressuring her to have sex.
Those are the ones who have been caught…
[Via Jess]
