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'''Jeffery Earl Britt''', known as '''Jeff Britt''' (born February 15, 1965), is a [[business]]man from Monterey in Concordia 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.

'''Jeffery Earl Britt''', known as '''Jeff Britt''' (born February 15, 1965), is a [[business]]man from Monterey in Concordia 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 the pharmacist Edwin Earl Britt (born April 7, 1941), who opened his practice in Newellton in 1964.<ref name=linked>{{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 Kenneth Britt (born May 8, 1970), a captain for the Ouachita Parish Fire Department, 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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008026294728|title=Jeff Britt|publisher=[[Facebook]]|accessdate=August 20, 2018}}</ref> His father had graduated in the ULM pharmacy program.<ref name=linked/>  

Britt is the son of the pharmacist Edwin Earl Britt (born April 7, 1941), who opened his practice in Newellton in 1964.<ref name=linked>{{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 Kenneth Britt (born May 8, 1970), a captain for the Ouachita Parish Fire Department, 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]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008026294728|title=Jeff Britt|publisher=[[Facebook]]|accessdate=August 20, 2018}}</ref> His father had graduated in the ULM pharmacy program.<ref name=linked/>  

At the age of barely twenty-six, Britt was elected sheriff of Tensas Parish in 1991, when he unseated his fellow [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Fred E. Scott, with 56 percent of the ballots cast. The sheriff's office is anchored in the parish seat of government in St. Joseph.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Election Returns: Tensas Parish|date=October 19, 1991|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=August 20, 2018}}</ref> He was reelected in 1995 with 59 percent of the vote<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Election Returns: Tensas Parish|date=October 21, 1995|accessdate=August 20, 2018}}</ref> but resigned the office prior to the expiration of his second term. Britt was accused of mistreating inmates, lying to the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]], and charging taxpayers for personal expenses. Britt said in his trial that he never struck an inmate except in self-defense. The trial ended in a hung jury as 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/>

At the age of barely twenty-six, Britt was elected sheriff of Tensas Parish in 1991, when he unseated his fellow [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], Fred E. Scott, with 56 percent of the ballots cast. The sheriff's office is anchored in the parish seat of government in St. Joseph.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Election Returns: Tensas Parish|date=October 19, 1991|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=August 20, 2018}}</ref> He was reelected in 1995 with 59 percent of the vote<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Graphical|title=Election Returns: Tensas Parish|date=October 21, 1995|accessdate=August 20, 2018}}</ref> but resigned the office prior to the expiration of his second term. Britt was accused of mistreating inmates, lying to the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]], and charging taxpayers for personal expenses. Britt said in his trial that he never struck an inmate except in self-defense. The trial ended in a hung jury as 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/>