Sheriff "legally" used $750K in inmate food funds for $740K beach house
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GADSEN, AL - An Alabama sheriff legally used more than $750,000 of funds meant to feed inmates to purchase a beach house.
Etowah County Sheriff Todd Entrekin told The Birmingham News he follows a state law passed before World War II that allows sheriffs to keep "excess" inmate-feeding funds for themselves.
Entrekin reported on state ethics forms that he made "more than $250,000" each of the past three years through the funds.
The sheriff's annual salary is more than $93,000. He and his wife purchased a four-bedroom house with an in-ground pool and canal access in September for $740,000.
Entrekin got a $592,000 mortgage. The home is one of several properties with a total assessed value of more than $1.7 million that the couple own together or separately.
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Information from: The Birmingham News, http://www.al.com/birminghamnews