Warren County Grand Jury Indicts District Two Constable Charles Russell On Felony Charges.
Constable Russell is indicted
Forgery, official misconduct alleged
By DEBORAH HIGHLAND
A Warren County grand jury took the first step Wednesday to oust District 2 Constable Charles Allen Russell from office.
The grand jury indicted Russell, 46, 730 Fairview Ave., Suite 4, on one count of second-degree forgery and one count of official misconduct, according to the indictment.
The indictment alleges Russell committed official misconduct when he “forged a check to himself that was made payable to the Warren County Sheriff’s Department and failed to serve the court documents that were the object of the check in question.”
The forgery charge is based on the same incident. Russell is accused of cashing a check from Bluegrass Check Advance for $150, according to the indictment.
If Russell is convicted of official misconduct, then by state law Russell’s District 2 constable position will be considered vacant.
A constable is an elected law enforcement officer with the same law enforcement powers as the sheriff. Kentucky’s 1850 Constitution created the office of constable. The state constitution requires the election of one constable in each magisterial district. Warren County has six constables.
Russell is also awaiting trial on a 2010 theft by deception indictment that alleges that he wrote a check for $937.40 to the city of Bowling Green on an account that was closed, according to court records.
“Obviously, these are allegations at this point, but we take any allegation of a violation of public trust seriously,” Commonwealth’s Attorney Chris Cohron said.
“Mr. Russell has a pretrial conference set Sept. 26 on his previous indictment, but we expect the judge to issue a warrant on the new indictment and (he will) be brought before the court before then,” Cohron said.
Dan Rudloff, Russell’s attorney of record for the 2010 indictment, could not be reached this morning for comment.
Forgery, official misconduct alleged
By DEBORAH HIGHLAND
A Warren County grand jury took the first step Wednesday to oust District 2 Constable Charles Allen Russell from office.
The grand jury indicted Russell, 46, 730 Fairview Ave., Suite 4, on one count of second-degree forgery and one count of official misconduct, according to the indictment.
The indictment alleges Russell committed official misconduct when he “forged a check to himself that was made payable to the Warren County Sheriff’s Department and failed to serve the court documents that were the object of the check in question.”
The forgery charge is based on the same incident. Russell is accused of cashing a check from Bluegrass Check Advance for $150, according to the indictment.
If Russell is convicted of official misconduct, then by state law Russell’s District 2 constable position will be considered vacant.
A constable is an elected law enforcement officer with the same law enforcement powers as the sheriff. Kentucky’s 1850 Constitution created the office of constable. The state constitution requires the election of one constable in each magisterial district. Warren County has six constables.
Russell is also awaiting trial on a 2010 theft by deception indictment that alleges that he wrote a check for $937.40 to the city of Bowling Green on an account that was closed, according to court records.
“Obviously, these are allegations at this point, but we take any allegation of a violation of public trust seriously,” Commonwealth’s Attorney Chris Cohron said.
“Mr. Russell has a pretrial conference set Sept. 26 on his previous indictment, but we expect the judge to issue a warrant on the new indictment and (he will) be brought before the court before then,” Cohron said.
Dan Rudloff, Russell’s attorney of record for the 2010 indictment, could not be reached this morning for comment.
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