A Mississippi sheriff arrested last week in a federal drug conspiracy sting has pleaded not guilty and vowed to mount a full defense, but has stepped down from his elected office to comply with his bond agreement.

Humphreys County Sheriff Bruce Williams pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to commit drug distribution, drug distribution and firearms conspiracy. After a years-long investigation, Williams was arrested last Thursday by FBI agents, who fanned across the Mississippi Delta in armored cars and conducted a series of predawn arrests.

By sunrise, 20 people, including 14 law enforcement officers, across the Delta and Tennessee had been arrested.

Williams allegedly received multiple bribes from undercover FBI agents posing as Mexican cartel members “for his blessing for the cartel to op

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