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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEtowah sheriff pockets $750k in jail food funds, buys $740k beach house
Source: Al.com
In September, Etowah County Sheriff Todd Entrekin and his wife Karen purchased an orange four-bedroom house with an in-ground pool and canal access in an upscale section of Orange Beach for $740,000.
To finance the purchase, Entrekin got a $592,000 mortgage from Peoples Bank of Alabama, according to public real estate records. 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 in Etowah and Baldwin counties.
Some Etowah County residents question how a county sheriff making a five-figure annual salary can afford to own multiple houses, including one worth nearly three-quarters of a million dollars.
But ethics disclosure forms Entrekin filed with the state reveal that over the past three years he has received more than $750,000 worth of additional "compensation" from a source he identified as "Food Provisions."
To finance the purchase, Entrekin got a $592,000 mortgage from Peoples Bank of Alabama, according to public real estate records. 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 in Etowah and Baldwin counties.
Some Etowah County residents question how a county sheriff making a five-figure annual salary can afford to own multiple houses, including one worth nearly three-quarters of a million dollars.
But ethics disclosure forms Entrekin filed with the state reveal that over the past three years he has received more than $750,000 worth of additional "compensation" from a source he identified as "Food Provisions."
Read more: http://www.al.com/news/birmingham/index.ssf/2018/03/etowah_sheriff_pocketed_over_7.html
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Etowah sheriff pockets $750k in jail food funds, buys $740k beach house (Original Post)
demmiblue
Mar 2018
OP
Well, someone might notice when prisoners starve to death, but other than that . . .
Vinca
Mar 2018
#4
Hes going to love his next home, with Bubba and his pals waiting to welcome him
secondwind
Mar 2018
#3
Someone this stupid has also done other things. Probably bribery for contracts, etc.
dameatball
Mar 2018
#5
Cha
(297,323 posts)1. What scam flim flam man.. got to have
that 3rd or 4th house.. by any means necessary.
lindysalsagal
(20,692 posts)2. "No one will notice. We'll be fine. Don't worry, honey."
Vinca
(50,279 posts)4. Well, someone might notice when prisoners starve to death, but other than that . . .
secondwind
(16,903 posts)3. Hes going to love his next home, with Bubba and his pals waiting to welcome him
dameatball
(7,398 posts)5. Someone this stupid has also done other things. Probably bribery for contracts, etc.