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[Beckett <thomas AT tbeckett.com>]

Gerald Hege, the jackbooted Sheriff of Davidson County, has been 
indicted on embezzlement and obstruction of justice charges:

http://www.newsobserver.com/front/story/2872420p-2648732c.html

"The indictments charge Hege with six counts of obtaining property by 
false pretense, five of embezzlement by a public official, two of 
obstruction of justice, interception of an oral communication and aiding 
and abetting the interception of an oral communication.

"Among the subjects of the investigation were the sheriff's handling of 
money, particularly through his Blue Line Foundation charity, and his 
reporting of crime statistics.

. . . .

"Hege's persona is outsized, a 21st-century throwback to the days of the 
all-powerful Southern sheriff. His Web Site proclaims Davidson to be 
"Hege Country," and shows the sheriff, a Vietnam veteran, wielding a 
pistol-gripped, double-barreled shotgun next to a promise of "no deals 
for anybody."

"Hege's county jail has a reputation as one of the toughest in the 
nation, with 24-hour lockdown, no TVs or newspapers, and the walls 
painted pink as a way to symbolically emasculate its inmates."