Sheriff Pleads Guily To Stealing Meth- Resigns
A newly elected West Virginia sheriff who admitted he was a meth addict and was charged with stealing the drug from a police locker pleaded guilty to a felony and resigned from office Wednesday, a prosecutor said.
Bo Williams entered the plea to a charge of entering without breaking Wednesday in Roane County Circuit Court.
County Prosecutor Josh Downey said Williams was accused of taking methamphetamine from the storage area when he was a Spencer police officer last fall. He resigned in December, a month after being elected Roane County sheriff. He took office this month.
According to a criminal complaint, meth was found in Williams’ desk and police vehicle. The complaint said several evidence bags found with Williams contained case numbers corresponding to missing evidence.
Downey said Williams told him, Spencer Police Chief Greg Nichols and a state police sergeant last November that he had been addicted to meth for more than a year. Downey said Williams admitted removing methamphetamine from a police case file and consuming it.
Williams faces up to 10 years in prison when he’s sentenced on March 28.
“’It’s an example of what drugs like meth have done to our communities,” Downey said. “Some people have a picture of what a drug addict looks like. It shows that it can be anybody.”
The Roane County Commission, which had already started removal proceedings against Williams, will have a month to appoint a replacement. It plans to meet Friday.
The commission had appointed former Roane County Sheriff Todd Cole to serve as chief deputy in charge of law enforcement operations. Cole served two terms as sheriff from 2000 to 2008. In 2014 he was appointed to fill the unexpired term of the previous sheriff who left for health reasons. Cole’s term ended Dec. 31.
Williams was elected sheriff in November and his term started Jan. 1. While serving as a police officer in Spencer, Williams was placed on leave and he resigned in December after evidence went missing. The complaint said more than $1,000 in evidence was involved. He originally was charged with grand larceny.
Williams agreed to resign as part of a plea agreement with the prosecutor’s office in neighboring Wood County, which handled the court case. Downey said he’s “relieved more than anything” by the conviction because of the toll it was taking on a small central West Virginia community.
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America loves electing trolls.
The Wild and Wonderful Whites of West Virginia is a great documentary
I thought everyone in West Virginia was a meth addict.
Oh, what a surprise! Another morally corrupt hypocritical Democrat
Hey Ralph... you seen Melania's pron shots? They are so hot. Now she is First Lady for the party of "family values"! Now what were you saying about morally corrupt Democrats?
Yes our new First Lady is a former escort allegedly. Viva la family values, everyone!
Wasn't there a Blind about Trump being on "speed?"
And this is why all police officers should be drug tested. And politicians too for that matter, just in case.
Like most Democrat politicians, thieves, sucking the taxes out of hard working/earning Americans.
ENJOY THE REPUBLICAN MANDATE LIBTARDS!!!!
Bet he voted for Trump. Dumb enough.
Hi there, Ralph!
Well, when the likes of Donald Drumpf (you know, the extremely wealthy who declare bankruptcy time and time again, whilst sitting on their 18k toilets) find loopholes to NOT pay taxes it's up to rest of us smucks to make up for them.
Then you fucking idiots vote for him and if this meth smoking yokel even bothered to vote, you know he did too.
So, in closing, shut the fuck up about taxes and thieves.
Haha
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