Sheriff Lutz: Hatfield Back In Custody

Muskingum County Sheriff Matt Lutz says a most wanted suspect is now in custody. Lutz says that 39-year-old Brian Hatfield was arrested in Belmont County and will soon be turned over to Muskingum County Sheriff’s Deputies. Hatfield is accused of helping to misspend nearly $500,000 that should have been used for Harrison Township Emergency Services. He was wanted for failure to abide by conditions of bond in reference to engaging in a patter of corrupt activity, money laundering and theft. The Attorney General’s Office says that the crime took place between 2008-2012 when Hatfield, who was chief of Harrison Township EMS, sold ambulances, the EMS building and it contents using the money not related to the non-profit.