MORGAN COUNTY, Al. (THECOUNT) — Don Allen Stisher, of Falkville, Alabama, has been identified as the public official arrested on a charge of “receiving gifts.”

Stisher, 63, a Morgan County commissioner, turned himself in on felony charges and was released on his own recognizance, according to the Morgan County Sheriff’s Office on Monday.

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Details on what Stisher is accused of were not immediately made available by prosecutors.

Stisher represents District 3 in Morgan County. The district encompasses most of the southern part of the county, including Falkville and Eva, reports WHNT.

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Geo quick facts: Morgan County is a county in the north central part of the U.S. state of Alabama. As of the 2010 census the population was 119,490. The county seat is Decatur. Alabama is a southeastern U.S. state that’s home to significant landmarks from the American Civil Rights Movement. The city of Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church, now a museum, was a protest headquarters in the 1960s. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s church and the Rosa Parks Museum, dedicated to the activist, can be found in the capital of Montgomery – wikipedia.