The Daily Populous Thursday March 15th, 2018 evening edition
Authored by fox32chicago.com and submitted by jediyoshi

- An Alabama sheriff who pocketed $750,000 from funds meant to feed inmates is coming under fresh scrutiny for the purchase of a beach house that cost nearly the same amount of money.

AL.com reported Etowah County Sheriff Todd Entrekin received $750,000 of “compensation” from a source he called “food provisions” during a three-year period. When AL.com contacted Entrekin about the money he did not deny he received it despite the money being “allocated by federal, state and municipal governments to feed inmates in the Etowah County Jail.”

Entrekin like other Alabama sheriffs believe a pre-World War II state law allows them to keep any “excess inmate-feeding funds” for themselves. However, in counties such as Jefferson and Montgomery, any excess money is supposed to be given to the county government.

In forms filed with the Alabama Ethics Commission, Entrekin reported he made “more than $250,000 each of the past three years via the inmate-feeding funds.”

"In regards to feeding of inmates, we utilize a registered dietitian to ensure adequate meals are provided daily," Entrekin told AL.com in an email. "As you should be aware, Alabama law is clear as to my personal financial responsibilities in the feeding of inmates. Regardless of one's opinion of this statute, until the legislature acts otherwise, the Sheriff must follow the current law."

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This_is_my_phone_tho on March 15th, 2018 at 06:42 UTC »

This is the guy who got an """"anonymous"""" tip that the guy who outed him had weed, and arrested and jailed him.

This is also the guy who tried to tell us that if you mix weed with butter it all becomes weed. He measured 14 grams of weed as 2.3 pounds by adding the butter. the threshold for trafficking charges is 2.2 pounds.

FlyByTim on March 15th, 2018 at 05:01 UTC »

Literally stealing taxes from American people. This guy has to go to jail. Period.

spfx1 on March 15th, 2018 at 01:02 UTC »

And now HE should get to be an inmate