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Former Rutherford Co. deputy Jessica Lehew faces criminal extortion charges and the target of the alleged scheme sheriff Robert Arnold, who calls those attempts "dumb."
"That's exactly what I thought," Arnold said. "Take me personally out of it, just the office of sheriff, for someone to try to blackmail a sheriff for any reason is to me dumb."
The charges stem from a series of threatening emails Arnold received between 1:00 a.m. and 3:00 a.m. Monday.
"If I don't get a job you can bet the whole county budget, that this information will end up on the front page," one email read.
The sender, Arnold says, is Lehew, a former detention deputy who, according to official documents was dismissed last November for missing work and performance issues.
The emails suggest Lehew s ex-husband, Will Lehew, a current corporal in the department, had unfairly been given a promotion after failing a drug test.
The emails also suggest Arnold turned a blind eye, and the sender demands a county job, or threatens to take that information to the media.
Arnold says the allegations are untrue.
Lehew is charged with one count of extortion, and released on a $2,500 dollar bond. The former deputy is scheduled to appear in court February 27th.
"That's exactly what I thought," Arnold said. "Take me personally out of it, just the office of sheriff, for someone to try to blackmail a sheriff for any reason is to me dumb."
The charges stem from a series of threatening emails Arnold received between 1:00 a.m. and 3:00 a.m. Monday.
"If I don't get a job you can bet the whole county budget, that this information will end up on the front page," one email read.
The sender, Arnold says, is Lehew, a former detention deputy who, according to official documents was dismissed last November for missing work and performance issues.
The emails suggest Lehew s ex-husband, Will Lehew, a current corporal in the department, had unfairly been given a promotion after failing a drug test.
The emails also suggest Arnold turned a blind eye, and the sender demands a county job, or threatens to take that information to the media.
Arnold says the allegations are untrue.
Lehew is charged with one count of extortion, and released on a $2,500 dollar bond. The former deputy is scheduled to appear in court February 27th.
Wednesday, February 13 2013, 01:45 AM CST
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Ky. veteran killed in Afghanistan blast
May 17, 2013 23:53 GMT
FORT THOMAS, Ky. (AP) -- A Kentucky veteran who was working as a civilian contractor in Afghanistan has died in an explosion in Kabul that killed at least 15 people including six Americans.
The father of 26-year-old Michael Robert Bradford of Fort Thomas said his son was smart, good in different sports and about to become a father.
Gary "Moose" Bradford, also of Fort Thomas, told The Kentucky Enquirer (http://bit.ly/12i0nVO ) he found about his son's death from Michael Bradford's wife, Sasha, on Thursday afternoon. He said he was in total disbelief.
The couple's first child is due in a few weeks.
Two American soldiers were killed along with four American civilian contractors with DynCorp International, based in Falls Church, Va.
Other survivors include his mother, Linda Bradford of Johnson City, Tenn.
Information from: The Kentucky Enquirer, http://www.nky.com
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