A former Kneehill County employee has been charged with theft, fraud and forgery stemming from allegations he bilked more than $100,000 from the county. 
These charges come after a two and a half month investigation by Three Hills RCMP. These followed up allegations the man personally obtained money, goods and services byway of forgery and theft from the county.
He was arrested on Monday, September 30. The following day, RCMP executed a search warrant of the subject’s home in Red Deer. Police seized a number of items alleged to have been obtained trough the commission of a crime.
Niall Sharpe, 52, of Red Deer has been charged with fraud over $5,000, theft over $5,000 and forgery.
Sharpe was an Emergency Services Officer at Kneehill County at the time of the alleged offenses. He had been employed with the county for six years and resigned in June of this year.
Sharpe obtained his release and is slated to appear in provincial court in Drumheller on Friday, November 6.
