Richard Kelly to Resign as Clinton Co. Sheriff as He, Wife Plead Guilty to Jail Commissary Criminal Charges
CLINTON COUNTY, Ind. — Richard Kelly, the Clinton County Sheriff, and Ashley Kelly, the county’s former jail matron, have pleaded guilty after they were accused of using a company to receive payments from the jail’s commissary fund.
Richard Kelly pleaded guilty to one count of official misconduct and one count of conflict of interest, each a Level 6 felony. Richard Kelly was sentenced to 2.5 years, which was ultimately suspended to one year of probation…