Ex-Alabama sheriff gets 18 months in federal prison

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Note: He didn't steal money *to feed* inmates, but money that was supposed to be used to feed inmates.

Sorry for my phrasing.

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Former Pickens County Sheriff David Abston, 68, was sentenced to 18 months for stealing money to feed inmates.

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BIRMINGHAM REAL-TIME NEWS
Ex-Alabama sheriff gets 18 months in federal prison
Updated Nov 25, 2019;Posted Nov 25, 2019

By Carol Robinson | [e-mail]

A former Alabama sheriff who scammed a food bank and church and pocketed leftover money meant for feeding inmates was sentenced Monday to federal prison.

Former Pickens County Sheriff David Abston, 68, was sentenced to 18 months, despite asking for leniency after pleading guilty four months ago to two federal crimes - wire fraud and filing a false tax return.

“Sheriff Abston is truly ashamed, contrite and remorseful for the crimes he has committed,’’ his attorneys wrote last week in requesting home confinement and community service rather than federal prison. “Sheriff Abston’s shame and remorse is deepened by the fact that he has proudly and dutifully served as a law enforcement officer for 41 years, including over 10 years in which he also served in the National Guard as a Military Police Officer. He full accepts his responsibility for his misdeeds, and he also recognizes that there must be consequences for his actions.”

Federal prosecutors requested Abston be sentenced to 18 months in prison in addition to being ordered to pay $86,335.57 to the food bank Abston victimized “to the detriment of the needy people in Pickens County that the food bank serves.
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