Former Bethel Heights officer gets 15 days
Posted on Wednesday, March 26, 2008
BENTONVILLE - A former Bethel Heights police officer must serve 15 days in the Benton County Jail after he pleaded guilty to forging a check.
Michael Dismus Sharum, 37, pleaded guilty to forgery under a plea agreement that attorney Joel Huggins reached with Deputy Prosecutor Drew Ledbetter.
Lowell police arrested Sharum on Aug. 25, 2007, for forging a $ 500 check.
According to Ledbetter, Sharum claimed to have found the check. Sharum wrote the check to himself and cashed the check at his bank, Ledbetter said.
Circuit Judge Tom Keith accepted the plea agreement and Sharum's guilty plea.
Sharum was placed on probation for five years, and he must serve 15 days in jail. He must also pay $ 920 in courtassociated costs.
Sharum was a sergeant with the Bethel Heights Police Department. He resigned the day of his arrest.
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