Former Sheriff In North Carolina Indicted For Allegedly Embezzling More Than $200K

Former Franklin County Sheriff Pat Green in North Carolina has been indicted on charges he embezzled more than $200,000 from the county.  According to prosecutors, over a period of more than 3 years, from at least November 20, 2007 through January 30, 2011, Green misappropriated $221,543 in cash intended for undercover drug buys.  Green reportedly admitted to taking as much as $90,000 while in a state of depression in the wake of his first wife's death in 2008.  He faces up to 19 years in prison if convicted.

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Update (8/17/12): Green pleaded guilty to two felony counts of embezzlement and was sentenced to three to five years in prison for embezzling more than $221,000 from Franklin County.