A former Huron Police Officer and Beadle County Sheriff candidate will spend 30 days in jail after pleading guilty to sexting a minor. Codingtion County States Attorney Dawn Elshere says Tony Beerman sentenced Wednesday…
Elshere says Beerman’s sentence includes a number of conditions…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2011/03/elshere2.mp3|titles=elshere2]Elshere took over the case from the Beadle County States Attorneys Office after Prosecutor Mike Moore thought there would be a conflict of interest given the relationship Moore had with Beerman and his father Tom, who was Beadle County Sheriff for a number of years. Elshere says technology made prosecuting the case from Watertown easy…
[audio:http://prprt.itmwpb.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/688/2011/03/elshere3.mp3|titles=elshere3]Beerman was charged with sending sexually explicit text messages and videos to a 15-year-old girl. He was fired from the police department last December.