TALKS WITH SUPPORTERS - Former Sheriff Leroy Upshaw is shown talking with supporters who attended his sentencing hearing held last Wednesday at the Barbour County Courthouse in Clayton. The group gathered around the former sheriff following the announcement of Judge Burt Smithart’s sentence for Upshaw who was sentenced on one count of a Class B ethics violation felony. Shown in the background is Jasper Roberts, Jr., chief of the Special
Prosecution Division with the Alabama Attorney General’s Office. Photo by Rebecca Beasley
BY REBECCA BEASLEY and CONNIE BEDSOLE Former Barbour County Sheriff Leroy Upshaw appeared before Circuit Judge Burt Smithart last week for a sentencing hearing. The…
