Cops Pinch Former Councilman On Deed Theft Charges; Allegedly Forged & Notarized Title Conveyance To Unwitting Owners' Property

In Russell County, Alabama, the Montgomery Advertiser reports:

• Authorities say a longtime member of the Phenix City Council has turned himself in to authorities on for­gery and perjury charges. WTVM-TV reported that 70-year-old Arthur Sumbry Sr. turned himself in to the Russell County Sheriff's Office Friday after being indicted by a grand jury.

• Russell County Sheriff Heath Taylor said the charges stem from an incident in 2008 when Sumbry was serving as a no­tary public. Authorities said Sumbry forged signatures on a deed to a house that he notarized and lat­er lied about it in court under oath. Taylor said the people whose names were forged real­ized they never signed the doc­ument.

Source: Former Phenix City councilman charged with forgery, perjury.