Nation IN BRIEF : VIRGINIA : Sheriff Under Probe Commits Suicide
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The sheriff of Bristol, Va., took his own life the day after a grand jury began investigating allegations that he embezzled $370,000 in payments to house out-of-town prisoners in his jail, authorities said. Sheriff Marshall E. Honaker, 55, turned a 12-gauge shotgun on himself in his office, City Manager Paul Spangler said.
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