PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - Suspended Okaloosa County Sheriff Charles
Morris told a federal judge Monday he doesn't have the money to
hire an attorney to defend him against federal fraud charges.
During a first appearance in a Pensacola federal courtroom,
Judge Miles Davis said a federal public defender would be appointed
to represent the embattled sheriff.
Gov. Charlie Crist suspended the Panhandle sheriff in February
after a federal investigation led to Morris being charged with
fraud involving fictitious bonuses he allegedly created for
sheriff's department employees.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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Suspended Okaloosa County Sheriff Charlie Morris told a federal judge he doesn't have the money to hire an attorney to defend him against fraud charges.
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