Charges against the former Brunswick County sheriff continue to add up.
Now, Ron Hewett has been indicted by a federal grand jury.
The US Attorney's Office launched its investigation last June.
Records were subpoenaed and several deputies, and the former sheriff, were called to testify in front of a federal grand jury in Raleigh.
After a nearly eleven month investigation, the federal grand jury has indicted Hewett on one felony count of obstruction of justice.
Hewett already faces embezzlement and obstruction of justice charges in Brunswick County.
Force
When are people going to accept that Hewett did this to himself. No deputy "forced" him to resign, no group of deputies "forced" him to resign. Even considering the petition these folks went to the DA with, no one "forced" Hewett to do anything. He has done a lot of things behind the backs of the citizens of this county. Maybe deputies did speak up before "all this" but it's not to hard to believe that no one cared to listen......they don't even want to listen now. It was mentioned many times amongst many "agencies" before that things needed to change because Hewett was acting criminally and dangerously; why is it such an issue for the deputies - maybe folks should start asking the DA or NCSHP if they were ever told about Hewett's actions, and what did they do about it......the deputies acted together for the benefit of the county that they also call home. Let us all try and remember that. If there are any that deserve to be in the same shoes as Hewett - then that's where they should be, but not all of them are "dirty" or "corrupt". They are people that protect us, in the same place they like to call home -