A former Deschutes County sheriff's captain was sentenced Thursday in federal court to five years in prison for stealing more than $200,000 in taxpayer money, an official said.

Scott Raymond Beard of Bend, 46, falsified records at least 63 times over two years to steal money that was supposed to be used to fight drug crimes, a U.S. Attorney's Office spokesman said in a news release.

Beard used the money to pay for personal items, including payments to Krista Jean Mudrick, a former sheriff's office employee with whom he had a sexual relationship until at least September 2015, according to an indictment filed in U.S. District Court in February.

Beard was one of her supervisors. Kevin Sonoff, a U.S. Attorney's Office spokesman, referred to her as Beard's "mistress."

The personal items included money given to Mudrick for a motorcycle, vacations, concert tickets, gym membership, tanning expenses, rent, household expenses and cosmetic surgeries, according to court documents.

Mudrick of Bend, 35, is expected to plead guilty Monday to making false statements to federal agents, according to The Bulletin.

Beard pleaded guilty in May to two counts apiece of money laundering and theft of funds from a federally financed program.

The sheriff's office fired Beard after he and Mudrick were indicted, Sonoff said. Beard had been on paid leave from the agency since the previous fall.

Deschutes County Sheriff Shane Nelson spoke during Beard's sentencing, Sonoff said.

Beard "betrayed the ideals of the law enforcement profession," Nelson said. "He was in a position of absolute trust, and he abused this trust for his own gain."

-- Jim Ryan

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