In 2016, Sheriff Marion Joe Russell was charged with corruption in office and willful neglect of duty. He was accused of allowing his drug-dealing son to store methamphetamine at his home and resigned on October 31, 2016, as part of a settlement agreement to dismiss the charges. Additionally, in 2002, Russell, along with two Marietta police officers, was involved in an incident where they restrained an inmate, handcuffed him to a backboard, and sprayed him with pepper spray, leading to allegations of excessive force.
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