Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. JACKSON COUNTY, Fla. – Arguing that he was “cloaked in the authority” of a sheriff’s deputy, the state Wednesday urged the Florida ...

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 ...

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 ...

A former Florida cop was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years and six months in prison for planting drugs at three traffic stops. Zachary Wester, 28, was convicted in May on 19 charges related to the three ...

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 ...