UPSHUR COUNTY-- Three Upshur County elected officials turned themselves in Thursday, after they were indicted on charges of official oppression and abuse of official capacity.

Our newspaper partner, The Longview News-Journal reports, County Judge Dean Fowler, Sheriff Anthony Betterton and Precinct 3 Commissioner Lloyd Crabtree were released on their own personal recognizance.

This comes after they ended public comment at commissioners court meetings and allegedly threw a man out for having duct tape over his mouth.

As of Thursday, Upshur County Commissioners voted to return public comments to the courts agendas.