Former Sheriff Jamey Noel, a notable figure in the state Republican party, has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after entering a plea deal in a corruption, theft, and fraud case.

Noel pleaded guilty to over 25 felony counts, including theft, tax evasion, official misconduct, and money laundering.

The judge also ordered Noel to pay over $3 million in restitution to local first responder groups.

Former Clark County Sheriff Jamey Noel pleaded guilty to 27 of 31 felony charges in court on Monday, Aug. 26, 2024 in a massive corruption case that could land him in prison for more than a decade.

Noel, a prominent Hoosier Republican, was charged with more than two dozen felonies for allegedly misusing money from the fire and EMS departments which he oversaw.

Peters, a Republican seeking the GOP nomination for secretary of state, is the first elections official to face criminal charges related to conspiracy theories surrounding the 2020 election, according to multiple experts. She is accused not of fixing the election but of breaking the law as she sought to investigate whether someone else did. The indictment below, returned March 8 by a Mesa County grand jury, lays out the allegations against her and her deputy, Belinda Knisley.