Anti-Motorcycle Sheriff Guilty of Embezzlement

[Rubey]

From the AMA Website:

A Vermont sheriff whose officers improperly shut down a dual-sport ride nearly two years ago is back in the news and out of office.

Windham County Sheriff Sheila Prue pleaded guilty to embezzlement in court and submitted her resignation on June 23. The charges were unrelated to the events of August 8, 2004, when Prue's deputies threatened to arrest riders in the Red Fox Turkey Run.

In that incident, deputies told riders they would be arrested and their motorcycles confiscated, even if they rode fully licensed street-legal motorcycles on public roads.

The decision to halt the dual-sport ride became a big controversy among New England riders. An investigation by the Vermont State Attorney General concluded that sheriff's deputies were wrong to stop the event.

Read about Sheriff Prue's guilty plea and resignation at the WCAX-TV website.

 

[KXTodd]

Awesome.

 

[Kevin003]

Wow the government is in a way fighting for us.

 

[WoodsRider]

While it's true that the deputies in her department were ordered to stop the Red Fox Turkey Run. I don't know if she's anti-motorcycle. She was simply pandering to her constituents, the town of Jamaica, VT. Her questionable expenses/accounting practices were what led to her resignation. I'm glad she's gone, but her leaving office won't bring back the Red Fox. :(