Rusher pleads guilty

Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Former Trumann Police Chief Tony Rusher has pleaded guilty to a drug charge that allows him to avoid a prison sentence. Rusher pleaded guilty to fraudulent practices concerning controlled substances when he and his attorney Steve Inboden of Trumann appeared before Judge John Fogleman in Harrisburg Nov. 24. The court did not enter a finding of guilt or judgment and deferred sentencing according to his attorney. Rusher was place on a 5-year suspended imposition of sentence.He had been facing between three and 10 years in prison and a $10,000 fine according to Arkansas law. Rusher also agreed to testify in the trial of former Trumann police detective Erik Willbanks in the event it goes to trial.

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