Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall announced the arrest of Terry Andrew Heflin, the Democratic candidate for District 5 of the Clay County Commission.

Heflin faces accusations of “7 felony counts of voter fraud.”

Per Steve Marshall:

Heflin, 45, a resident of Clay County, was charged with 7 counts of unlawful use of absentee ballots. Specifically, the indictment alleges that Heflin falsified applications to vote absentee for multiple people and then used those people’s names to vote for himself by absentee ballot. Each count of unlawful use of an absentee ballot is a Class C felony punishable by 1 year and 1 day to 10 years in prison.

Heflin turned himself in to the Clay County Sheriff’s Office, and is currently being held at the Clay County jail.

The case is being prosecuted by the Attorney General’s Special Prosecutions Division. No further information about the investigation or about Heflin’s alleged crimes may be released at this time.

AL.com reports:

The alleged wrongdoing reportedly took place in the March 5 primaries.

Each count of unlawful use of an absentee ballot is a Class C felony punishable by one year and one day to 10 years in prison.

Heflin turned himself in to the Clay County Sheriff’s Office and remains held in the Clay County jail.

The case is being prosecuted by the Attorney General’s Special Prosecutions Division.

Court records show Heflin pleaded guilty in 2021 to possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute. He was sentenced to five years in prison, with two years to serve.

 

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