A former Oklahoma sheriff was convicted of second-degree rape and bribery Saturday in a case that accused him of coercing sex from female inmates and drug court defendants.
A Major County jury convicted former Custer County Sheriff Mike Burgess on 13 felonies, including five counts of second-degree rape and three counts of bribery by a public official. He was acquitted of 23 other felony counts that included second-degree rape, forcible sodomy and rape by instrumentation.
The jury recommended Burgess serve 94 years in prison. He is to be sentenced March 24...
Former Okla. sheriff convicted of rape, bribery
Labels: bribery, felony, Oklahoma, police officer, second degree rape
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