## [Citizen Report No. 1660524401 - 1669864099](/citizen-report-no-1660524401-1669864099) [![](/sites/default/files/styles/square_500_x_500_/public/2022-08/Joe.Russell.PNG?itok=7MIyl1cg)](/individual/marion-joe-%20russell)Marion Joe Russell **[Love County Sheriff's Office](/oklahoma/love-county-sheriffs-office)** 8339 US-77 Marietta, Oklahoma 73448 [(580) 276-3150](tel:%28580%29276-3150) [https://lovecosheri…](https://lovecosheriff.com/) [![Love County Sheriff's Office](/sites/default/files/styles/max_325x325/public/2022-08/love-county-sheriff-badge.png?itok=cXgspMaq "Love County Sheriff's Office")](/oklahoma/love-county-sheriffs-office) ## Date of Offense July 19, 2016 ## Offense(s) [Misconduct](/duty/misconduct) [Criminal Charges and/or Conviction](/duty/criminal-charges-andor-conviction) ## Supporting Document(s) [15th Multi-County Grand Jury Final Report](/sites/default/files/2022-08/1033976901-20160715-080659-%20%281%29.pdf "1033976901-20160715-080659- (1).pdf") [Accusation for Removal](/sites/default/files/2022-08/CV%20%201600023%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%2014%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20.pdf "CV 1600023 14 .pdf") [Subpoena - Brandon Stockard ](/sites/default/files/2022-08/CV%20%201600023%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%2061%20%20%20%20%20Brandon%20Stockard%20Subp.pdf "CV 1600023 61 Brandon Stockard Subp.pdf") [Settlement Agreement](/sites/default/files/2022-08/CV%20%201600023%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%2063%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20.pdf "CV 1600023 63 .pdf") [Motion to Dismiss](/sites/default/files/2022-08/CV%20%201600023%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%2064%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20%20.pdf "CV 1600023 64 .pdf") ## Statement CLEET License # 0052125 Status: SUSPENDED Effective Date: 12/30/1998 On July 19, 2016 an Accusation for Removal was filed against Marion Joe Russell in Love County Case Record [CV-2016-00023](https://www.oscn.net/dockets/GetCaseInformation.aspx?db=love&number=CV-2016-00023&cmid=28063) as a result of testimony received during the State of Oklahoma's Fifteenth Multicounty Grand Jury, Oklahoma County Case Record [GJ-2014-1](https://www.oscn.net/dockets/GetCaseInformation.aspx?db=oklahoma&number=GJ-2014-1). The accusations charged were: - COUNT 1 - Corruption in Office - COUNT 2 - Habitual or Willful Neglect of Duty - COUNT 3 - Corruption in Office A settlement agreement was filed on 10/11/2016 whereas Russell would resign as Sheriff of Love County Effective 10/31/2016 in exchange for the State of Oklahoma dismissing the Accusation for Removal. Witnesses in the case included: - Prentis Stephen West - FBI - Ardmore - Harvey Stewart - Love County Sheriff's Office - Rex Swearingen - Gainsville, TX - Teramine Hodges - Duncan, OK - Sara Bamburg - ex-girlfriend of George "Willie" Russell - Lindsay Price - Gainsville, TX - Jason Bone - Marietta, OK - Derek Perryman - Wilson, OK - David Wolfe - [Brandon Stockard](https://giglio-bradylist.com/individual/brandon-%20stockard) - Former [Johnston County](https://giglio-bradylist.com/oklahoma/johnston-county-sheriffs-office) Sheriff's Deputy --- [![Citizens Overseeing Police Oklahoma](/sites/default/files/styles/medium/public/2025-07/Citizens%20Overseeing%20OK%20Logo%20%28250%20x%20250%20px%29%20%281%29.png?itok=DZqGUclc "Citizens Overseeing Police Oklahoma")](/oklahoma/citizens-overseeing-police-oklahoma) ***We will not stand by as our brothers and sisters are brutalized, criminalized, and silenced.*** We reject a world where the powerful profit from our poverty and our lives are treated as expendable. We will not wait for justice to be handed down from above. We will organize, resist, and take it for ourselves. **WE ARE NO LONGER ASKING...** \#ReformIsNotARequest [Learn more >>>](/oklahoma/citizens-overseeing-police-oklahoma)