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NEW MONTHLY FEATURE* SHERIFF: Images of Gerald K. Hege hang throughout Davidson County, N.C. Several deputies say they were told to keep lists of those who didn't buy posters. Photo by Manuel Roig-Franzia 0 2003 WASHINGTON POST 000 SHERIFFHEGEfOf DAVIDSON LEXINGTON$ TIO HELP;THOSE wHoHELPtYOU! THE BLUE LINE FOUNDATION OONÅTiONS267üGREENS80ROSTREETEXT, LEXINGTON, NC 27295 TEL & FAX: 336236-4699 wwwb!uelinefoundation GERI HEGE, SECRETARY / TREASURER wwwahegecountryvcor N.C. Lawman, Who Bills Himself as the Nation's Toughest Sheriff, Faces Embezzlement Charges By Manuel Roig-Franzia I The Washington Post LEXINGTON, N.C.-Gerald K. Hege pushed the macho, Southern lawman thing to extremes. He had the Davidson County jail painted pink with murals of teddy bears carrying buckets of tears to taunt the inmates. He got himself a nitrous-oxide- propelled hot rod, souped up by the late Dale Earnhardt's racing team, and showed off by taking his deputies on 172-mph thrill rides. Hege boasted that he was the toughest sheriff in America, and anyone who has seen him strutting around this rural county in his mirrored sunglasses and paramilitary uniform, sometimes carrying a submachine gun or a thick walking stick that looks more like a club, would be hard-pressed to dispute him. His bravado was matched only by his passion for self-promotion: For a time he had a weekly show on Court TV and the joke among the in-crowd is that instead of calling for backup on big cases, he phoned the newsrooms at the local television stations. But Hege's nine-year reign as "high sheriff' and undisputed Republican kingmaker of Davidson County is in tatters. He was suspended this month after being named in a 15-count indictment that includes charges of embezzling several thousand dollars from his department's vice accounts and obstructing justice by trying to cover up illegal withdrawals from the account. Deputies have told investigators that Hege had employees do repairs at his home during work hours, ordered deputies to help his children with personal moves and threatened to fire anyone who cooperated with the state and federal probe of his office. One deputy said he was ordered to "fix" reports to show a decrease in crime. Others said that Hege instructed them to stop Hispanic and black drivers, saying they should pull over anyone "darker than snow." Buffeted by the accusations, Hege—the man who once courted attention with such vigor—has silently retreated to the old farmhouse where he lives, refusing to talk about the case. "He became bigger than life, and that's probably what has led to his pending demise," said former Davidson County Commission chairman Larry Potts, a onetime Hege supporter who clashed with the sheriff in recent years. Hege is a Vietnam War veteran who returned to the county where he grew up to become a law enforcement officer. He didn't last long the first time around, either being fired or resigning—depending on whom you talk to—after his involvement in a fatal 1973 shooting, three years after he took the job. He went to work as a railroad switch operator, but kept trying to get back into law enforcement, twice running unsuccessfully for sheriff before unseating the incumbent in 1994 and becoming the first Republican in 20 years to hold the post. He was fascinated, friends say, by Buford Pusser, the archetypal tough guy Southern sheriff from Tennessee who was the subject of the "Walking Tall" films of the 1970s. Once in office, Hege set about shaping his own rugged image. "I love the smell of handcuffs in the morning" became his motto, playing off a line from the Vietnam epic, "Apocalypse Now." He distributed posters that declared: "This ain't Mayberry, and I ain't Andy." Hege, who has thick gray hair and a penetrating gaze, backed his bluster by pulling all the televisions from the county jail and ordering the pink jailhouse paint job. He bought machine guns and outfitted his deputies in black, military-style uniforms. "He's the kind of guy that if you tell him, 'I'm gonna whip your butt, meet me behind the steakhouse at 2:30,' he'll be there waiting at 2 0'clock," said Daryl Daniels, a tire shop owner and longtime friend. George Thorogood's "Bad to the Bone" is Hege's signature song, and he would blare it, friends say, when he took out his super-charged Chevy Impala, known as the Spider Car because of the web and spider he had painted on the side. Hege came to love the chase, though his penchant for high-speed adventures has been controversial, particularly when he has followed suspects into neighboring counties with guns blazing. "I chase. I ram. I slam," Hege told ABC's "20/20" in an interview that aired in November 2000. "I'm going to take you off the road. If you get out and run, I'll put the dogs on you." "He let all that power go to his head," said Wayne Harron, 30. "I hope they lock him up and throw away the key." 0 2003 WASHINGTON POST (Researcher Lucy Shackelford in Washington contributed to this report. )

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The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University's student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolinian in 1933.
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  - Date original: 2003-10-14
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  - Jackson County (N.C.)
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