LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) – A former Arkansas County sheriff’s deputy is going to prison for 21/2 years for asking informants to steal for him.
U.S. District Judge Leon Holmes sentenced Charles David Chastain on Thursday. A jury convicted Chastain in February of extortion, attempted extortion and receipt of a firearm with the intent to commit a felony.
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports jurors found Chastain pressured an
informant he supervised in 2017 to steal an all-terrain vehicle for him and obtain stolen guns that he kept for personal use.
The informant, Michael “Chase” Caldwell, told the FBI about Chastain’s
extortion.
Chastain is not eligible for parole and will serve a year of probation after release.
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