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NashVillager Podcast: Jail as a sheriff’s money-making scheme

Nina Cardona

June 17, 2024

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How many ways did a Tennessee sheriff use his control of the county jail to line his own pockets? Plus your local newscast for June 17, 2024.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: sheriff

Tennessee sheriff indicted for profiting from inmate labor, misusing funds

Adrian Sainz, AP

June 15, 2024

Officials say the sheriff of a rural Tennessee county illegally profited from the work of jail and prison inmates under his care and housed dozens of them in a home outside of the prison without permission.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Associated Press, police, rural Tennessee, sheriff, West Tennessee

Liquor Stores Have Law on Their Side

Blake Farmer

January 9, 2013

Many of the state’s police chiefs and sheriffs oppose wine being sold in grocery stores and corner markets. They say they have enough alcohol-related incidents as it is.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: General Assembly, liquor stores, police chief, sheriff, wine in grocery stores

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