FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEWS RELEASE
December 17, 2013
For More Information, contact:
Luther Strange
Joy Patterson (334) 242-7491
Alabama Attorney General
Claire Haynes (334) 242-7351
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AG ANNOUNCES ARREST OF FORMER HOUSTON COUNTY
COMMISSIONER FOR FELONY ETHICS VIOLATIONS
(MONTGOMERY) -Attorney General Luther Strange announced the arrest today of former
Houston County Commissioner Bobby Snellgrove for felony ethics violations. Snellgrove, 70,
surrendered this afternoon at the Houston County Jail and was released on bond.
Attorney General Strange’s Special Prosecutions Division presented evidence to a Houston
County special grand jury on Tuesday, December 17, resulting in Snellgrove’s indictment.*
Specifically, the indictment charges Snellgrove with the following two state ethics law
violations:
- Count One charges former Commissioner Snellgrove with intentionally using his office
to obtain $214,122.00 in illegal personal gain for himself, a family member or Regional
Services, LLC, doing business as Regional Security, from Ronnie D. Gilley and his
Country Crossings gambling businesses. - Count Two charges former Commissioner Snellgrove with intentionally using his office
to obtain $6,087.20 in illegal personal gain for himself, a family member or Regional
Septic Services, LLC or Regional Portables, LLC, from Ronnie D. Gilley and his Country
Crossings gambling businesses.
“My office is committed to fighting public corruption. When a public official takes official
action for his own personal benefit he should expect to be prosecuted,” said Attorney General
Strange.
No further information about the investigation or about Snellgrove’s alleged crimes other
than that stated in the indictment may be released at this time.
If convicted, Snellgrove faces a maximum penalty of twenty years in prison and a fine of
up to $30,000 for each violation.
The Attorney General commended Special Prosecutions Chief Miles M. Hart, Deputy
Attorney General Mike Duffy, and Investigators in the Attorney General’s Special Prosecutions
Division.
*Note: An indictment is merely an accusation. Defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
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