JUDGE SETS DEMASTRY FREE IMMEDIATELY
LANCASTER -- Visiting Judge Richard Markus has released former Fairfield County Sheriff Gary DeMastry from prison.
Markus came from northern Ohio to preside over today's hearing to decide DeMastry's fate.
Markus had three options ?— free DeMastry, release him from prison with some conditions or make him complete his prison sentence.
DeMastry was indicted Jan. 31, 2000, on 323 counts. The charges ranged from alleged theft in office, tampering with evidence, conspiracy to engage in a pattern of corrupt activity and engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity.
DeMastry, the two-term sheriff, was convicted of 37 counts. He has been serving time at Hocking Correctional Facility in Logan. He has paid $25,000 in fines and court costs but still owes $231,880 as of Nov. 5, 2006.
Read the full story in Saturday's Lancaster Eagle-Gazett
LANCASTER -- Visiting Judge Richard Markus has released former Fairfield County Sheriff Gary DeMastry from prison.
Markus came from northern Ohio to preside over today's hearing to decide DeMastry's fate.
Markus had three options ?— free DeMastry, release him from prison with some conditions or make him complete his prison sentence.
DeMastry was indicted Jan. 31, 2000, on 323 counts. The charges ranged from alleged theft in office, tampering with evidence, conspiracy to engage in a pattern of corrupt activity and engaging in a pattern of corrupt activity.
DeMastry, the two-term sheriff, was convicted of 37 counts. He has been serving time at Hocking Correctional Facility in Logan. He has paid $25,000 in fines and court costs but still owes $231,880 as of Nov. 5, 2006.
Read the full story in Saturday's Lancaster Eagle-Gazett
