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Former Spartanburg County Sheriff Chuck Wright is accused of using a taxpayer-funded credit card for over $17,000 in personal purchases.

A State Ethics Commission report details 63 counts of alleged misuse, including charges for restaurants, ammunition, and online entertainment.

The commission also found two counts related to the hiring of his son as a deputy.

In a 2004 profile article about then-candidate Chuck Wright, the Herald-Journal described the up-and-coming lawman's frugality, nothing that he "doesn't use a credit card to purchase what he needs."

Wright would go on to win the race for Spartanburg County Sheriff in 2004. He won reelection five more times.

He also went on to be a prolific user of a credit card ― specifically, one provided by the county an

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