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Chief Byrd denied having issued permits to noncounty residents.

"It's quick; it's very, very quick, and I think the county's done a good job in getting their act together," said Jon Schotz of Saybrook Capital, the financial adviser to the noncounty investors in the treasury.

Mr. Mahoney, a Republican turned Democrat, announced he would not seek a fourth term as sheriff after pleading guilty on April 23 to three misdemeanor charges of running election campaigns from his office and giving special deputy sheriff badges to noncounty residents.