More than 365 pages of documents related to the investigation of former Franklin County Sheriff Pat Green were ordered released by a Franklin County judge Tuesday afternoon.
The documents -- which include e-mails, statements and checks -- begin to shed light onto exactly what prompted the investigation and may answer questions about the sheriff's abrupt resignation.
The Franklin County Finance Director's Office released the documents, which are part of an on-going investigation into missing money from the Franklin County Sheriff's Office undercover drug fund.
An attorney for the Franklin County Sheriff's Office says $109,000 was discovered to be missing.
Franklin County District Attorney Sam Currin said the fund was used by the sheriff's office during special investigations -- investigations that required cash -- and he said there are questions about where that money went.
The documents released Tuesday say County Manager Angela Harris expressed concerns about internal controls within the sheriff’s office as part of a routine financial audit being conducted.
While the audit remains incomplete, the documents include dozens of checks reportedly used for undercover drug investigations.
When questioned about high amounts of money being spent on undercover drug investigations, Green said he was working on a "huge federal drug investigation that involved a county commissioner and two senators."
Boyd Sturges, an attorney representing the Franklin County Sheriff's Office, said he met with Green to make him aware of the audit and described the sheriff as "extremely distraught, upset."
Sturges said the sheriff was "up and down -- one minute saying he would fight this thing."
However Sturges reportedly suggested Green take a polygraph test, to which the sheriff indicated that he could not take the test.
Green issued his resignation Jan. 30, citing health reasons. The State Bureau of Investigation was called in Jan. 31 to look into the missing money.
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