FBI Probe Spreads To Sheriff's Office | The Detroit News

FBI Probe Widens To Include Wayne County Sheriff
DETROIT, MI - MAY 18: Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano (left) and Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon (right) are interviewed by the media at a 'Groceries For Guns' gun buyback program May 18, 2013 at the New St. Paul Tabernacle Church of God in Christ in Detroit, Michigan. The event was sponsored by the law firm Goodman Acker P.C. in a public-private partnership with Wayne County. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)
DETROIT, MI - MAY 18: Wayne County Executive Robert Ficano (left) and Wayne County Sheriff Benny Napoleon (right) are interviewed by the media at a 'Groceries For Guns' gun buyback program May 18, 2013 at the New St. Paul Tabernacle Church of God in Christ in Detroit, Michigan. The event was sponsored by the law firm Goodman Acker P.C. in a public-private partnership with Wayne County. (Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images)

Detroit -- The FBI corruption probe into Wayne County has spread to include contracts in the county Sheriff's office, The Detroit News has learned.

Three sources with firsthand knowledge of the probe confirm that agents are investigating accusations that the administration of Sheriff Benny Napoleon has steered work to a contractor, Michigan Tether of Clinton Township, that is partially owned by a major county campaign contributor.

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