Citizen Report No. 1708061547 - 867624461

Mark Berry

Delaware County Sheriff's Office

Date of Offense

September 8, 2022

Offense(s)

Criminal Charges and/or Conviction

Supporting Document(s)

Full KSN16 Article

Full KZRG Article

CLEET Database Record Pulled 02/15/2024

Statement

CLEET Number : 0108900

License Type : Fulltime Peace Officer

License Status : Revoked

License Effective Date : 08/26/2008

License Expiry Date : N/A

On or about September 8, 2022, KSN16 Reported that Mark Berry pleaded no contest to a reduced charge of embezzlement and was ordered to surrender his law enforcement license.

Mark Berry received a one-year deferred sentence on Tuesday in Cherokee Nation Criminal Court and is required to pay $682.50 restitution to Delaware County and $450 in court costs.

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Berry resigned in December at the conclusion of a meeting with Delaware County Commissioners. Berry’s actions as sheriff came under scrutiny during the meeting. The former sheriff never gave a reason for his resignation and since the commissioner’s meeting was held in an executive session meeting the details of the meeting are confidential and not released to the public.

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Before Berry took over office he was under investigation by CLEET on allegations he falsified information on his CLEET application. The agency released a ruling that no adverse action was ordered against Berry.

KZRG also reported on the former Sheriff's Charges.

The charges came on Friday and, although bail was set at a reported $5,000, Berry is not jailed.

The action came after a county fuel card was reportedly used to purchase gasoline (at a cost of less than $50) for a vehicle owned by the Sheriff’s Department.

The vehicle then was reportedly driven out of state, allegedly nearly 1,000 miles, to pick up a couch.

CLEET's Database showed his licensing was revoked but no disciplinary actions or records of an investigation regarding his application are availible publicly.

We will not stand by as our brothers and sisters are brutalized, criminalized, and silenced.

We reject a world where the powerful profit from our poverty and our lives are treated as expendable. We will not wait for justice to be handed down from above.
We will organize, resist, and take it for ourselves.

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