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Gwinnett County Sheriff Butch Conway spent nearly $70,000 on a 707-horsepower Dodge Charger Hellcat.

Feds want reimbursement for Gwinnett sheriff's $70K muscle car





Updated July 19, 2018


By Tyler Estep, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
 

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The U.S. Department of Justice is demanding reimbursement for the nearly $70,000 that Gwinnett County Sheriff Butch Conway spent on the high-powered sports car he drives to and from work.




In a recent letter to Conway, the DOJ characterized the sheriff's purchase of a Dodge Charger Hellcat — a 707-horsepower muscle car that some have called the fastest sedan ever built — as "extravagant."

The federal government previously approved the purchase, which used asset forfeiture funds, but are now questioning if the Hellcat is being used for its stated purpose.

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Gwinnett officials said this week they'll comply with the reimbursement request, and that they'll be adding "review points" to their acquisition process.

However, Conway, who has been sheriff since 1996, is standing behind the purchase.

"Sheriff Conway maintains that this vehicle is an appropriate purchase, especially for an agency with a $92 million budget and the opportunity this vehicle provides in making our roadways safer," Deputy Shannon Volkodav, a sheriff's office spokeswoman, said in a written statement.

Conway's office purchased the Hellcat — menacing in all black with black wheels and heavily tinted windows — in April. It used $69,258 that had been previously approved by the DOJ's Money Laundering and Asset Recovery Section as part of its "equitable sharing program," which distributes assets seized during enforcement efforts to state and local agencies hoping to make purchases to support their missions.

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