Maine Gov. Janet Mills on Monday declined to take the rare step of removing a sheriff accused of improprieties including the transfer of guns from an evidence…
Gov. Janet Mills said she concluded the evidence didn't constitute the high hurdle of “extraordinary circumstances” necessary for removing a sheriff from office for the first time since 1926.Maine Gov. Janet Mills on Monday declined to take the rare step of removing a sheriff accused of improprieties including the transfer of guns from an evidence locker to a gun dealer without proper documentation.
Mills said she concluded the evidence didn't constitute the high hurdle of “extraordinary circumstances” necessary for removing a sheriff from office for the first time since 1926.
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