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Tue May 17, 2022, 04:04 AM May 2022

Ex-Alabama sheriff indicted by federal grand jury for allegedly gambling with loan money meant for

Ex-Alabama sheriff indicted by federal grand jury for allegedly gambling with loan money meant for jail food


A former Alabama sheriff who resigned last year after impeachment proceedings were launched against him is now facing federal charges after he was indicted by a grand jury for allegedly lying on loan applications.

William “Ray” Norris, the former Clarke County sheriff, allegedly applied for four loans at two Alabama banks worth more than $48,000 and maintained that he would use the funds for his office’s operating expenses and jail food, according to the grand jury indictment unsealed in federal court in Mobile earlier this month.

But Norris instead used the loan money from Town County National Bank in Camden and Sweet Water State Bank in Sweet Water “for overdrawn personal accounts, gambling expenses, and other personal expenses,” the indictment claimed.

Norris was indicted on four counts of making a false statement to a federally funded institution.

Read more: https://www.al.com/news/mobile/2022/05/ex-alabama-sheriff-indicted-by-federal-grand-jury-for-allegedly-gambling-with-loan-money-meant-for-jail-food.html
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