GADSDEN, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama sheriff legally used more than $750,000 of funds meant to feed inmates to purchase a beach house.
Etowah County Sheriff Todd Entrekin told <a target=”—blank” href=”http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2018/03/etowah%E2%80%94sheriff%E2%80%94pocketed%E2%80%94over%E2%80%947.html”>The Birmingham News</a> he follows a state law passed before World War II that allows sheriffs to keep “excess” inmate-feeding funds for themselves.
Entrekin reported on state ethics forms that he made “more than $250,000” each of the past three years through the funds.
The sheriff’s annual salary is more than $93,000. He and his wife purchased a four-bedroom house with an in-ground pool and canal access in September for $740,000.
Entrekin got a $592,000 mortgage. The home is one of several properties with a total assessed value of more than $1.7 million that the couple own together or separately.
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Information from: The Birmingham News, <a target=”—blank” href=”http://www.al.com/birminghamnews”>http://www.al.com/birminghamnews</a>