SCOTTSBLUFF, Neb. (AP) - A western Nebraska attorney has been arrested and charge with a drug felony after investigators say he admitted to accepting cocaine as payment for providing legal services.
Jon Worthman, 52, of Gering, was arrested Tuesday after a law enforcement informant sold him about an ounce of cocaine, the Nebraska State Patrol said in a news release. An arrest affidavit says that fter his arrest, Worthman admitted to sometimes accepting cocaine as payment for legal fees.
Worthman, who also serves as the elected public defender for Box Butte County, has been charged with possession of cocaine with intent to deliver. Worthman has been freed on a $15,000 bond.
An attorney for Worthman did not appear in online court records Thursday. Worthman did not immediately return a message left Thursday by The Associated Press at his office seeking comment.
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