‘I wired him $1,000 because I wanted to’: Alabama corruption trial focused on sheriff’s casino trips AL.com 1 hr ago Ashley Remkus, al.com © Ashley Remkus | aremkus/al.com Sheriff Mike Blakely arrives at the Limestone County Courthouse in downtown Athens, Ala. just before opening statements in his corruption trial. Blakely, who is 70, has been the county sheriff since 1983.
When Sheriff Mike Blakely asked one his employees to wire him cash, he was in a casino in Mississippi, trial testimony revealed today. He was supposed to be attending a conference in Alabama, state prosecutors say.
“I wired him $1,000 because I wanted to,” Debbie Davis, the chief clerk of the Limestone County Sheriff’s Office, told the jury in Blakely’s corruption trial. “It was my personal money.”
Employees testify about loaning money to sheriff on trial
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