Ex-deputy receives probation

A former Sweetwater County Sheriff’s Deputy was placed on two years supervised probation for a felony perjury conviction.

Tuesday morning, an emotional Sean Christopher Henry, 45, appeared in the Third District Court of Judge Richard Lavery at an argued sentencing hearing.

In March, Henry’s case, which included, three felony perjury charges, went before a 12-person jury. It took the jury five hours to make the decision to clear Henry of two out of the three felony perjury charges against him.

The charge Henry was found guilty of stems from a traffic stop that occurred on Sept. 5, 2014....