FBI ARRESTS SOUTH TEXAS SHERIFF

SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 8 (UPI) - The FBI has arrested Frio County Sheriff Carl
Burris on public corruption charges.

Special agent Roderick Beverly said today the 51-year-old Burris is accused
of taking $11,000 from suspected drug dealers who were pulled over in Frio
County in 1994.

Beverly says that when Burris learned the FBI was onto him, he stole 62
pounds of marijuana from the evidence room at the sheriff's office and gave
it to a ``cooperative witness.''

Burris allegedly told the witness to sell the marijuana and bring him the
money so he could replace the missing $11,000.

Beverly says Burris could get 15 years in prison if convicted of the public
corruption charge.

No other Frio County officers are suspected in the case. Frio County is
southwest of San Antonio.

Checked-by: Mike Gogulski