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Sheriff's Office Employee Faces Multiple Fraud Charges | Birmingham News
Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office veteran Sebastian Alexander Carrillo, a 20-year Birmingham Fire and Rescue employee, faces serious charges including first-degree theft by deception, defrauding the PPP, tax evasion, and document fraud — with his son also indicted. Allegedly, Carrillo funneled COVID-19 funds meant for jail disinfection into Sheriff Mark Pettway’s campaign. His criminal history includes an unprosecuted 2007 attempted murder charge, unclear 1998 robbery/theft records, and a 2016 seizure of gambling machines and cash. The settlement hearing, originally set for August 12, is now…
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