Today the Unicoi County grand jury indicted Sheriff Kent Harris on an additional count of official misconduct.
The charges are related to an accusation that the Unicoi County Sheriff used his county computer in November of 2011 to write letters intended to solicit funds to pay his attorney fees.
This charge is in addition to 10 charges served against Harris in October of last year.
TBI agents served Harris’ attorneys, Jim Bowman and Stacey Street, the new criminal summons this afternoon.
In October of 2011, the grand jury indicted Harris on six counts of official misconduct, one count of theft over $1,000, one count of tampering with evidence, one count of criminal simulation and one count of attempted aggravated assault.
Harris is scheduled to appear in court on March 27 for an initial appearance on the new charge. A July 2012 trial date set been set for the theft and criminal simulation charges.
To learn more about Harris' other charges, explore the stories linked to the right.
Reporter George Jackson is in Unicoi and will have more details later today on TriCities.com and 11Connects.
View a .pdf of the True Bill returned against Harris today.
Additional information provided by the TBI
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