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Whitfield County deputy turns self in over allegedly stealing cash

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photo James Robert Keown

Whitfield County Sheriff’s Deputy James Robert Keown turned himself into jail Tuesday for allegedly stealing cash from an illegal alien whom he arrested during a March 3 traffic stop for DUI and pot possession.

The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating.

See details in tomorrow’s edition of the Chattanooga Times Free Press.