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Oregon Sheriff Sentenced to Jail/Sex-Offender Registration
Loaded on April 15, 2008
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2008, page 36
On August 28, 2007, the former sheriff of Curry County Oregon, was sentenced to one year in jail and ordered to register as a sex offender, for groping three female county employees.
Filed under:
Staff-Prisoner Assault,
Staff-Staff Harassment,
Jail Misconduct,
Crime/Demographics,
Criminal Prosecution.
Location:
Oregon.
Mark Metcalf spent nearly 25 years in law enforcement. He was appointed Curry County Sheriff in 2003, then ...
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