Alabama Sheriff Legally Took $750,000 Meant To Feed Inmates To Purchase A Beach House

A sheriff in Alabama took personal profit worth more than $750,000 meant for inmates’ food budget and decided to use those funds to purchase a $740,000 beach house for himself.



The weirdest part of all is that it’s perfectly legal! According to The Grio, “The state’s Depression-era law, as described by WBUR, allows sheriffs to pocket and save any unspent monies from its jailhouse food provision funds. The excess funds are accounted for as ‘personal income.’
Etowah County Sheriff Todd Entrekin said that, he follows that practice of taking extra money from the fund, saying, “The law says it’s a personal account and that’s the way I’ve always done it.”

Sheriffs across the state do the same thing and have for decades. In most cases, the public doesn’t know how much money is involved because sheriffs do not need to report extra income of less than $250,000 a year.
Over the course of three years, he received more than $750,000 in extra compensation from “Food Provisions.”

The paper also found that Entrekin and his wife own several properties worth a combined $1.7 million, including a $740,000 four-bedroom house in Orange Beach, Ala, purchased in September.

Without the provision funds, Entrekin earns a little more than $93,000 a year. In the end though it’s clear the Sheriff won’t be losing any sleep over this coverage.


Source Fambles.com