Ala.: Sheriff Pockets Jail Food Funds, Buys Beach House

Many Alabama sheriffs contend that they are personally allowed to keep “excess” money they are given to feed inmates. One them, Etowah County Sheriff Todd Entrekin reported on forms he filed with the Alabama Ethics Commission that he made "more than $250,000" each of the past three years via the inmate-feeding funds. That is one reason the Sheriff and his wife own several properties with a total assessed value of more than $1.7 million.