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OWEN CO. – An Owen County commissioner has resigned from his position after pleading guilty to official misconduct.
Charges of conflict of interest and theft were dropped as part of the plea agreement.
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According to police Dale Dubois ordered Owen County employees to fix a road for his benefit. The project he ordered reportedly didn’t have “any benefit to Owen County Government or its citizens.”
Under the agreement, Dubois will serve a one-year jail sentence which was suspended to probation.