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KENTUCKY....

After the jury deliberated for about an hour and a half Wednesday afternoon, John Harmon, the former Big Sandy Jail Board Chairman accused of using jail funds for personal use, was found not guilty. Harmon took the stand in his own defense and told the Johnson Circuit Court he has cancer. Harmon was reimbursed around 43 dollars for each 100 mile round trip from his home in Martin County to the jail in Johnson County, but prosecutors say he was not allowed to get reimbursed for all those trips. Rules say he could only get reimbursed for the monthly board meetings. Harmon, who resigned from the jail board in early 2008 and was elected a Martin County magistrate in November, was charged last year with theft of $4,752 in unauthorized travel reimbursements in 2007 and 2008.