2 Charged With Bribing Tellico Plains Voters

  • Friday, February 3, 2012

The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation arrested two men on Thursday who have been under investigation by the TBI, at the request of the 10th Judicial District Attorney General, since September for bribing voters during a Tellico Plains election.

Chuck Hunt, 54, of Tellico Plains, Tn.,  was indicted by the Monroe County Grand Jury on eight counts of bribery of a voter and eight counts of conspiracy to bribe a voter. Norman Nichols, 47, of Madisonville, Tn., was indicted by the Monroe County Grand Jury on six counts of bribery of a voter and six counts of conspiracy to bribe a voter.

Both Nichols and Hunt were buying votes during the 2011 Tellico Plains Mayoral race. Both were booked into the Monroe County Jail on $1,000 bond each.

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