Judge sentences former Clarke County sheriff to probation for bank loan lie

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – A federal judge on Monday sentenced former Clarke County Sheriff Ray Norris to probation for lying to obtain a bank loan that he used to pay off overdrawn accounts from the same bank. Norris pleaded guilty in September to making a false statement to a federally insured institution. He admitted that he and business partner Danny Lee Beard Jr. applied for a $75,000 commercial loan from Town Country National Bank in Camden in November 2019. The purported purpose of that loan was to purchase heavy equipment that would be rented to road crews and other construction…