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Judi Lynn

(160,217 posts)
Thu Jul 11, 2019, 08:17 PM Jul 2019

FORMER FLORIDA SHERIFF DEPUTY CAUGHT PLANTING DRUGS ON AT LEAST 10 INNOCENT PEOPLE

Source: Newsweek

BY CHRISTINA ZHAO ON 7/11/19 AT 8:03 PM EDT

A former sheriff's deputy was arrested in Florida this week after a yearlong investigation determined he had planted drugs on at least 10 innocent people after pulling them over at traffic stops.

Until last fall, Zachary Wester, 26, had been employed as a deputy in Jackson County on Florida's panhandle, about an hour west of Tallahassee. He was apprehended Wednesday in Crawfordville, Florida, on 52 counts of felony charges including racketeering, official misconduct, fabricating evidence, possession of a controlled substance and false imprisonment, according to the state's Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE).

He was also charged with misdemeanor perjury, possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Wester's arrest came after the FDLE conducted an investigation, starting last August, into allegations he had covertly planted methamphetamine and other illicit substances in innocent drivers' vehicles after pulling them over to conduct a search. Wester, who joined the department in 2016, was reportedly terminated from his job in September.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/former-florida-sheriff-deputy-caught-planting-drugs-least-10-innocent-people-1448860?piano_t=1







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FORMER FLORIDA SHERIFF DEPUTY CAUGHT PLANTING DRUGS ON AT LEAST 10 INNOCENT PEOPLE (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jul 2019 OP
119 dismissed cases ! He had dope bags in the trunk of his car waiting to use on people! lunasun Jul 2019 #1
I wonder how many women he raped using this trick Yeehah Jul 2019 #2
This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Jul 2019 #3
figures...typical friggin cop gopiscrap Jul 2019 #4
K&R ck4829 Jul 2019 #5
If only he represented the exception Scalded Nun Jul 2019 #6
And cops wonder WHY people are losing respect every day for them. Haggis for Breakfast Jul 2019 #7
He couldn't do that if drugs were decriminalized. Applegate Jul 2019 #8
good point! Welcome to DU. eom LittleGirl Jul 2019 #9
Any conviction of breaking the law under the color of law safeinOhio Jul 2019 #10
+1000 nt USALiberal Jul 2019 #12
It really should work like that. Sapient Donkey Jul 2019 #16
Sickening. Hope he gets a long time in the slammer to think it over. oasis Jul 2019 #11
He got arrested? stillcool Jul 2019 #13
Oh, goodie! Another candidate for the tRump administration when a new spot opens up! Something in Doitnow Jul 2019 #14
What compels someone to do this? Sapient Donkey Jul 2019 #15
Story about the lady who discovered this and was targeted by her superiors for it Sapient Donkey Jul 2019 #17
I Think She Is A TRUE HERO ROB-ROX Jul 2019 #18
He should be arrested rockfordfile Jul 2019 #19

Yeehah

(4,524 posts)
2. I wonder how many women he raped using this trick
Thu Jul 11, 2019, 08:53 PM
Jul 2019

There are a few good cops but most are low-life criminals.

Response to Judi Lynn (Original post)

Haggis for Breakfast

(6,831 posts)
7. And cops wonder WHY people are losing respect every day for them.
Thu Jul 11, 2019, 11:29 PM
Jul 2019

I feel bad for all the decent cops out there - and there ARE decent cops out there - but people, you have GOT to start policing your own. Forget that Blue Line shit.

safeinOhio

(32,531 posts)
10. Any conviction of breaking the law under the color of law
Fri Jul 12, 2019, 05:30 AM
Jul 2019

should triple the penalty.

Police need to be held to a higher standard than any one else.

stillcool

(32,626 posts)
13. He got arrested?
Fri Jul 12, 2019, 01:38 PM
Jul 2019

and fired! No paid leave? He should have killed someone, he'd be better off. Must have planted the dope on the wrong people.

Doitnow

(1,103 posts)
14. Oh, goodie! Another candidate for the tRump administration when a new spot opens up! Something in
Fri Jul 12, 2019, 05:00 PM
Jul 2019

drug enforcement obviously.

ROB-ROX

(767 posts)
18. I Think She Is A TRUE HERO
Fri Jul 12, 2019, 07:24 PM
Jul 2019

The south is rotten with cheating, lying, stealing law enforcement people. One rotten apple in the barrel makes the whole barrel ROTTEN. I think it is true that those in government would try to damage her job, promotes, pay raise, because they like criminal cops. I pray she is given millions because of the damage done to her outstanding service to the public by corrupt government employees.......CHEERS

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