Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Former Breathitt County Sheriff Pleads Guilty

{Lexington, Kentucky}...Former Breathitt County Sheriff John L. Turner of Booneville entered a guilty plea Wednesday in federal court in Lexington, admitting to providing money to buy votes in the May 2010 primary election. Turner said in his plea deal that former county schools Superintendent Arch Turner provided the money and directed him to pass it on to a vote-buyer involved in the conspiracy. John Turner could get up to five years in prison when sentenced in September.