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Kent County corrections officer charged in marijuana butter case reported dead


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ROCKFORD, MI — A former Kent County Sheriff’s Department sergeant and corrections officer who recently pleaded guilty to maintaining a drug house has died.

Timothy Bernhardt, 49, spent 22 years as a sergeant with the Kent County Sheriff’s Department until he pleaded guilty Monday, Oct. 20, in Kent County Circuit Court to the reduced charge, which carries a maximum sentence of two years in prison.

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Bernhardt, a father and husband who lived in Rockford, was scheduled to be sentenced Dec. 11.

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