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San Antonio Sheriff Pleads No Contest to Corruption Charges, Resigns
Loaded on March 15, 2008
by Matthew Clarke
published in Prison Legal News
March, 2008, page 22
by Matt Clarke
Filed under:
Louisiana Correctional Services,
Contractor Misconduct,
Jail Misconduct,
Elections,
Criminal Prosecution,
Conditions of Confinement,
Food.
Location:
Texas.
In August 2007, Bexar County, Texas Sheriff Ralph Lopez, 71, was indicted on three felony counts involving corruption. Lopez tendered his resignation on September 1, 2007, and two days later pleaded no contest to three misdemeanor charges in a deal that spared him from going to prison ...
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