LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - An Arkansas ex-sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced to five years of probation after pleading guilty to charges involving a scheme to plant methamphetamine on someone to make an arrest.
Drew County Circuit Court records show Robert “Bo” Sanderlin was convicted of using a communication device in commission of a drug offense and abuse of office and sentenced this week.
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports (https://bit.ly/2sybC2L ) that a charge of methamphetamine solicitation against the 26-year-old former lawman was dropped as part of a plea agreement.
An affidavit says someone told authorities that Sanderlin had called him and told him of a plot that involved the informant planting drugs on someone so the sheriff’s deputy could make a drug arrest.
Sanderlin was arrested in February.
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Information from: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, https://www.arkansasonline.com
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