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The indictment, on a charge of aggravated perjury, was illegally obtained, the sheriff’s lawyers claimed.
A Johnson County district judge on Thursday threw out one of the indictments against the county’s embattled sheriff, according to court documents.
Sheriff Adam King had been indicted on the charge of aggravated perjury on Oct. 1, hours before the same judge granted King’s request to return to work while his case is pending.
The indictment for the charge was “illegally obtained,” according to the court documents.
King, who was in August charged with abuse of office and witness retaliation, was accused of lying under oath while testifying before a grand jury in those cases, according to the original indictment.
The sheriff perjured himself when he told the grand jury he did not change the schedule of a female employee after she reported that King sexually harassed her.
King’s attorneys could not specify why the indictment was illegal, they said in a statement Thursday.
“At this time, it can’t be said whether the indictment was a mistake, negligence, or simply not knowing state law,” the statement reads.
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Lillie Davidson
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