DeKalb sheriff returns 2011 funds

Dekalb Sheriff Tom Brown has again returned unspent funds to the county commission.

Brown will return $377,000 of his department’s $75 million budget for 2011. The money will be placed into the county general fund and may be used for the department again in 2012.

Brown has made an effort to spend less than his budget each year. Last year, he returned more than $700,000 to the county.