Former deputy cleared of 3 felony charges

A jury found a former Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Deputy not guilty on three out of the four felony perjury charges against him.

After a four-day jury trial last week in the Third District Court of Judge Richard Lavery, Sean Christopher Henry, 44, was cleared of three out of the four felony perjury charges against him.

It took the jury about five hours to make a decision, after both the state and defense rested their cases. A sentencing hearing will take place after a pre-sentence investigation has been completed.

The charge Henry was found guilty of stems from on incident that occurred o...