Webb County Sheriff Martin Cuellar was arraigned on federal embezzlement charges in Houston on Thursday morning.
The South Texas sheriff, along with his former first deputy, Alex Gutierrez, is accused of theft or bribery related to the use of government-funded cleaning supplies, which were used for COVID-related disinfection work from 2020 to 2022.
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