A Florida sheriff’s deputy was sentenced this week to 12 years in prison for planting drugs inside innocent people’s cars during traffic stops and arresting them on fabricated charges. Zachary Wester, ...

The upcoming episode of Taking the Stand on A&E will showcase the case against a Florida sheriff’s deputy named Zachary Wester. This episode titled “Zachary Wester” will air on Thursday, February 1, ...

A former sheriff’s deputy in Florida has been arrested and unceremoniously dismissed after an investigation uncovered his penchant for pulling over drivers for minor traffic violations and planting ...

JACKSON COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – A former Jackson County Sheriff’s Deputy who was convicted and sentenced to 14 years for planting drugs on innocent people, will be going back to court for resentencing.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - A racketeering conviction was overturned Wednesday for a former Jackson County deputy who was convicted in 2021 for planting drugs during traffic stops. Former Deputy ...

An ex-Florida sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced to 12-and-a-half years in prison for planting drugs during traffic stops and then arresting the drivers, the Associated Press reports. Zachary Wester ...

Both the state of Florida and the public defender for Zach Wester, the former Jackson County deputy convicted of planting drugs on innocent drivers, have given their written arguments in a ...

A Florida appeals court has thrown out a racketeering conviction of a corrupt, former sheriff’s deputy in the Panhandle. It ruled that he acted alone in a plot to plant drugs on unsuspecting drivers ...

JACKSON COUNTY, Fla. – Arguing that he was “cloaked in the authority” of a sheriff’s deputy, the state Wednesday urged the Florida Supreme Court to reinstate a racketeering conviction against former ...

Eleven people testified that the deputy planted drugs on them, officials said. A former Florida deputy has been arrested on a slew of charges for allegedly planting drugs on people he pulled over.