Corruption

Small Town Illinois Sheriff Charged With Pot Dealing And Murder-For-Hire

Justin Elliott | January 5, 2010, 9:48AM

Raymond and Krista Martin (Cody Martin, Inset)

Raymond Martin had been sheriff in tiny Gallatin County, Illinois, for 20 years. So when he was arrested on federal drug and gun charges last May for allegedly running a large-scale marijuana dealing operation out of his police SUV, residents were shocked.

But that was only the beginning.

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