Jurors resume deliberations in S.C. sheriff corruption trial
April 23, 2021
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Jurors resume deliberations Friday in the trial of a former South Carolina sheriff accused of corruption and misconduct.
Closing arguments were held Thursday in the trial of Chester County Sheriff Alex “Big A” Underwood.
Also on trial are two of Underwood’s former top deputies — Chief Deputy Robert Sprouse and Lt. Johnny Neal. Underwood faces 10 counts of conspiracy, fraud, and other tampering and theft charges. Neal and Sprouse face 19 additional charges.
Underwood is accused of using county-paid deputies to build himself a party barn, skimming money from federal programs, hiding first-class airplane tickets to Nevada for himself, Sprouse and their wives, unlawfully arresting a man who was recording video of a manhunt and lying to investigators.