FRANKFORT, Ind. — The Clinton County Commissioners are calling on Sheriff Rich Kelly and his wife, Jail Matron Ashley Kelly, to resign from their positions immediately.

This call for the couple to step down comes one day after a judge ruled that Sheriff Kelly and his wife were personally liable for the misappropriation of hundreds of thousands of public funds.

A special judge ordered the Kellys to pay back nearly $330,000 to the state. They're accused of writing checks worth $219,634.65 from the Jail Commissary Fund and cashing them under their company, Leonne LLC.

Ashley Kelly owned 51% of the company Leonne, while Rich Kelly owned 49%.

Roughly $100,000 of the sum the judge ordered the Kellys to pay back to the state stems from audit costs after the State Board of Accounts opened up a

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