Jackson, Miss—State Auditor Stacey Pickering announces Charles Rinehart, former Sheriff of Alcorn county and Teddy Null and Pamela Denise Null, of Corinth, pled guilty to 2 counts of conspiracy to defraud and 2 counts of fraud against Alcorn county.

Rinehart and Denise Null were sentenced to serve 2 years House Arrest and 3 years Post Release Supervision under the supervision of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Teddy Null was sentenced to serve 1 year House Arrest and 4 years Post Release Supervision under the supervision of the Mississippi Department of Corrections.

“I wish to thank District Attorney John Weddle and his staff for their work and partnership throughout the duration of this case,” Auditor Pickering said. “I appreciate their serious commitment to fighting public corruption in Mississippi.”

Rinehart was Sheriff for Alcorn County from 2008 to 2015.