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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Jeffery Earl "Jeff" Britt
|nationality=[[United States|American]]
| office=[[Sheriff]] of Tensas Parish<br> [[Louisiana]]
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| term_start=1992
| term_end=1999
| preceded=Fred E. Scott
| succeeded=Rickey A. Jones
| birth_date=February 15, 1965
| death_date=
| birth_place=
| death_place=
| death_date=
| resting_place=
| occupation=[[Business]]man<br>
Former law-enforcement officer
| spouse=Jill Bairnsfather Britt
| children=
| religion=
| alma_mater=Newellton High School<br>
University of Louisiana at [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]]
}}
'''Jeffery Earl Britt''', known as '''Jeff Britt''' (born February 15, 1965), is a [[business]]man from Monterey in Catahoula Parish, [[Louisiana]], who from 1992 to 1999 served as the [[sheriff]] of his neighboring Tensas Parish, the smallest of the state's sixty-four parishes.
Britt is the son of Memory Britt and the pharmacist Edwin Britt, who opened his practice in Newellton in 1964.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/edwin-britt-2018467b|title=Edwin Britt|publisher=LinkedIn.com|accessdate=August 20, 2018}}</ref> He has a brother, Jay Britt, whose son Zechariah Quitman Britt (1991-2108), died at the age of twenty-seven in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/192089651/zechariah-quitman-britt|title=Zechariah Quitman Britt|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=August 20, 2018}}</ref> Britt graduated in 1983 from the former Newellton High School and attended thereafter the University of Louisiana at [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]]. His father had graduated in the ULM pharmacy program. At the age of barely twenty-six, Britt was elected sheriff in 1991, when he unseated his fellow [[Democratic Democrat]] Fred E. Scott. He was reelected in 1995 but left the office before the expiration of his second term. Britt was accused of mistreating , lying to the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]], and charging taxpayers for personal expenses. His trial ended in a hung jury, and he accumulated more than $500,000 in legal fees. Rather than face a looming second trial, he accepted a [[plea bargain]], which stipulated resignation from office, four years of [[probation]], payment of more than $21,000 in restitution, and the ending of his law-enforcement career.<ref name=jbe/>
In 2017, Democratic [[Governor]] [[John Bel Edwards]] pardoned Britt, an action that Edwards' predecessor, [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Bobby Jindal]], had declined. The pardon was endorsed by the sheriff and district attorney of Catahoula Parish. In 2018, Edwards appointed Britt to a state agency, the Used Motor Vehicle Commission.<ref name=jbl>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/article_3bbbf70c-a0de-11e8-a69c-ab023a8e364f.html|title=Gov. Edwards pardons ex-sheriff with felony record, appoints him to board governing car dealers|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=August 19, 2018|author=Gordon Russell and Elizabeth Crisp|accessdate=August 20, 2018}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Britt, Jeff}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Jeffery Earl "Jeff" Britt
|nationality=[[United States|American]]
| office=[[Sheriff]] of Tensas Parish<br> [[Louisiana]]
| party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
| term_start=1992
| term_end=1999
| preceded=Fred E. Scott
| succeeded=Rickey A. Jones
| birth_date=February 15, 1965
| death_date=
| birth_place=
| death_place=
| death_date=
| resting_place=
| occupation=[[Business]]man<br>
Former law-enforcement officer
| spouse=Jill Bairnsfather Britt
| children=
| religion=
| alma_mater=Newellton High School<br>
University of Louisiana at [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]]
}}
'''Jeffery Earl Britt''', known as '''Jeff Britt''' (born February 15, 1965), is a [[business]]man from Monterey in Catahoula Parish, [[Louisiana]], who from 1992 to 1999 served as the [[sheriff]] of his neighboring Tensas Parish, the smallest of the state's sixty-four parishes.
Britt is the son of Memory Britt and the pharmacist Edwin Britt, who opened his practice in Newellton in 1964.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/edwin-britt-2018467b|title=Edwin Britt|publisher=LinkedIn.com|accessdate=August 20, 2018}}</ref> He has a brother, Jay Britt, whose son Zechariah Quitman Britt (1991-2108), died at the age of twenty-seven in [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]], Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/192089651/zechariah-quitman-britt|title=Zechariah Quitman Britt|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=August 20, 2018}}</ref> Britt graduated in 1983 from the former Newellton High School and attended thereafter the University of Louisiana at [[Monroe, Louisiana|Monroe]]. His father had graduated in the ULM pharmacy program. At the age of barely twenty-six, Britt was elected sheriff in 1991, when he unseated his fellow [[Democratic Democrat]] Fred E. Scott. He was reelected in 1995 but left the office before the expiration of his second term. Britt was accused of mistreating , lying to the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]], and charging taxpayers for personal expenses. His trial ended in a hung jury, and he accumulated more than $500,000 in legal fees. Rather than face a looming second trial, he accepted a [[plea bargain]], which stipulated resignation from office, four years of [[probation]], payment of more than $21,000 in restitution, and the ending of his law-enforcement career.<ref name=jbe/>
In 2017, Democratic [[Governor]] [[John Bel Edwards]] pardoned Britt, an action that Edwards' predecessor, [[Republican Party|Republican]] [[Bobby Jindal]], had declined. The pardon was endorsed by the sheriff and district attorney of Catahoula Parish. In 2018, Edwards appointed Britt to a state agency, the Used Motor Vehicle Commission.<ref name=jbl>{{cite web|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/article_3bbbf70c-a0de-11e8-a69c-ab023a8e364f.html|title=Gov. Edwards pardons ex-sheriff with felony record, appoints him to board governing car dealers|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|date=August 19, 2018|author=Gordon Russell and Elizabeth Crisp|accessdate=August 20, 2018}}</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Britt, Jeff}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Democrats]]