Former Putnam County Commissioner Steve Deweese was sentenced on Wednesday, February 12, to one year of probation and agreed to pay $4,000 in restitution for funds that were misappropriated while he was sheriff.

Last November, Deweese chose to enter a plea agreement in which he did not admit guilt but agreed to resign from his county commission seat and pay $4,000 in restitution, promise never to run for public office again, and to being sentenced…