NC sheriff on trial for influencing DWI arrest
LINCOLNTON, N.C. — A North Carolina sheriff is going on trial on charges he was involved in sidetracking an impaired driving arrest of a local doctor.
Multiple media outlets reported that Lincoln County Sheriff Tim Daugherty goes on trial Monday on two felony counts of obstruction of justice and a misdemeanor of making a false report to another officer.
The State Bureau of Investigation looked into the allegation and reported Daugherty gave conflicting statements and evidence about learning his former chief deputy helped a local doctor avoid a DWI charge in 2007.
The former chief deputy was convicted of misdemeanor obstruction of justice and fired.
Daugherty is a first-term Democrat who says the charges are politically motivated. The all-Republican county commission wants to have Daugherty removed.
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