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"Tough" Florida Sheriff Arrested
Loaded on March 15, 1999
published in Prison Legal News
March, 1999, page 16
"Tough" Florida Sheriff ArrestedAdmitting he committed a "sinful, wrong and criminal act," Marion County (FL) Sheriff Ken Ergle resigned October 15, 1998, after state officials charged him with grand theft and official misconduct.
Ergle surrendered to Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) investigators, who allege Ergle stole $170,000 from ...
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