Former Chester County Sheriff Alex Underwood and two of his top deputies, Robert Sprouse and Johnny Neal, pleaded not guilty to new charges filed against them last month.
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Underwood and Sprouse are accused of taking their wives on trips paid for by the county, claiming they were employees.
Underwood is also accused of having on-duty deputies do manual labor on his property.
The three were already charged with covering up a wrongful arrest and lying to the FBI about it. The case could come to trial next month.
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