Investigators said the tax evasion wouldn't have been discovered if he hadn't been investigated in connection with the Jamey Noel case.
Kenneth Hughbanks was arrested in April after investigators determined he failed to report nearly $300,000 in income.
"It's not the department we wanted, but it's the department that we're building together, and so the community is very much behind it."
The estranged wife of former Clark County Sheriff Jamey Noel is accused of providing false testimony at her recent change of plea hearing.
The city of Jeffersonville is taking over the fire station from New Chapel EMS in the wake of the Jamey Noel scandal.
Kenneth Hughbanks, former sheriff of Scott County, was formally charged with felony tax evasion during a court appearance Tuesday afternoon. A judge entered a not guilty plea on his behalf.
The old law only required the sheriff to provide a copy of receipts and disbursements for the fund to the county semiannually.
Former Clarksville Police Officer and Councilman John Miller was in court Monday to ask for a new judge.
New court documents show former Clark County Sheriff Jamey Noel — who pleaded guilty last month to 27 felony charges — used taxpayer money to spend more than $11,000 in five years at St. Elmo's Steak House in downtown Indianapolis.