South Carolina ex-sheriff Chuck Wright of Spartanburg County was sentenced Tuesday to the maximum recommended sentence — 41 months in prison.
The sentence to Wright, 61, by U.S. Judge Timothy Cain was delivered before a packed courtroom at the Greenville federal courthouse. In the audience were FBI and State Law Enforcement Division agents. The hearing lasted more than three hours.
“Over time, the defendant did not honor his oath,” Cain told the courtroom, saying Wright used the power of his office to steal. “His purpose was not to serve, but to be served.”…