Corruption

South Carolina's Longest-Serving Sheriff Sentenced In Corruption Case

The man who was South Carolina's longest-serving sheriff before he pleaded guilty in a public corruption case involving illegal immigrants was sentenced on Monday to a year and a day in federal prison and fined $10,000, a U.S. Attorney's Office said.
Prosecutors said James Metts, 68, took bribes to prevent the deportation of illegal immigrants employed at a Mexican restaurant owned by one of his friends.