MONTGOMERY – Attorney General Luther Strange has announced the arrest of Marshall County Revenue Commissioner Joey Masters on a charge of violating the state ethics law. Masters subsequently submitted his resignation as Revenue Commissioner.
Masters, 51, of Albertville, was arrested on Nov. 6 by a Special Agent of the Attorney General’s Special Prosecutions Division and taken to the Marshall County Jail, where he was processed for release on bond.
The arrest was made pursuant to a warrant brought by the Special Prosecutions Division of the Attorney General’s Office. The warrant charges Masters with knowing use of his official position to obtain personal gain. This crime is a class A misdemeanor punishable by up to 12 months in the county jail and a fine of up to $6,000.
This charge is a result of an investigation by Special Agents of Attorney General Luther Strange’s Special Prosecutions Division. The case is being prosecuted by Assistant Attorney General Bill Lisenby of the Attorney General’s Special Prosecutions Division.
