A Morgan County Sheriff’s Department process server was arrested Friday on charges stemming from accusations that he sold prescription medication out of his county patrol unit while on duty.
Steven Eugene Parker, 49, of 159, J. Blocker Road, Eva, faces three counts of unlawful distribution of a controlled substance.
Morgan County Sheriff Ana Franklin said a narcotics division stopped Parker on Friday morning on Sixth Avenue in Decatur and executed arrest warrants. He was booked into Morgan County Jail on $30,000 bond.
Parker has been an employee of the Morgan County Sheriff’s Department for 23 years. Franklin said the Sheriff’s Department has suspected Parker of being involved in illegal drug activity “for quite some time.”
“Citizens of Morgan County have the right to expect that their vehicles, equipment and county tax dollars not be used to further the commission of crimes,” a statement from the Sheriff’s Department stated. “This is not a behavior that is widespread nor accepted by other employees in the Sheriff’s Office.”
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Parker was selling his personal prescription medication as well as others, according to the Sheriff’s Department.
Franklin said she does not believe others in the department were involved with Parker’s alleged activities.
“If information leads us in that direction, we will look into it,” she said.
