Johnson County sheriff indicted again on perjury charge, faces another arrest
The embattled Johnson County sheriff who was last summer charged with abusing his office and retaliating against a witness has been charged again with perjury, according to court documents.
Adam King was indicted Wednesday on one count of aggravated perjury after allegedly lying to a county grand jury during testimony in August, according to court documents. King is accused of perjuring himself when he told the grand jury that he had not changed the work schedule or duty station of Anna Goodloe, an employee of his office, after Goodloe made a report about his behavior.
King instead told the grand jury that any changes to Goodloe’s working conditions had been the decision of a subordinate, according to the indictment.
Those statements were later contradicted by four other witnesses, who testified that King had openly discussed changing Goodloe’s schedule after learning she reported him for sexual harassment, the indictment states.
Wednesday’s indictment is the second attempt to charge King with lying under oath in this circumstance. A county judge in December tossed the first charge, describing it as “illegally obtained,” the Star-Telegram previously reported. At the time, attorneys for King could not clarify why the first indictment was illegal, saying in a statement that it was unknown whether the charge was “a mistake, negligence, or simply not knowing state law.”
The same county judge later granted King’s request to return to work while his case is pending.
“As you know, the previous case was dismissed as being an illegal and unlawful indictment,” King’s attorneys said of the new charge. “This is more of the same and is all laughable, petty and unprofessional.”
The charges previously leveled against King are set to go to trial in May.
