Posted July 13, 2019 8:30 am by Comments

By Tom Knighton

Wakulla County Sheriff’s Office

I have a lot of respect for police officers. I was raised by one, after all. Law enforcement is a noble profession and one worthy of at least a degree of respect.

That being said, there are few things I hate more than a corrupt cop. That’s the only way to describe someone who plants evidence on numerous people to make arrests.

Now, a deputy who did just that is facing a century in prison.

A former North Florida Sheriff’s Deputy was arrested and charged with planting illegal drugs on unsuspecting motorists on Wednesday.

The strongest evidence in the case is the Deputy’s own body camera footage.

In February 2018 Deputy Zachary Wester pulled over Teresa Odom.

He said her brake lights didn’t work. He then asked if Odom would consent to a search of her vehicle.

The Deputy’s body cam video showed a white substance in his hand as he prepared to search. The drugs ended up in Odom’s purse, before he arrested her despite her cries that the drugs didn’t belong to her.

Months later prosecutors discovered the video. Wester was suspended then fired.

119 cases in Jackson County were dismissed soon after.

If convicted on all counts, the fired Deputy faces …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms

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