Should a 1970s Florida law aimed at breaking up organized crime apply to a disgraced sheriff’s deputy who planted drugs on ...

The state was in court on Wednesday to argue for the racketeering conviction of a former Jackson County Sheriff’s deputy to ...

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 ...

JACKSON COUNTY, Fla. – The Florida Supreme Court will hear arguments March 4 in a dispute about whether a former Jackson County sheriff’s deputy should have been convicted on racketeering charges ...

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 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 ...

Former Jackson County deputy Zachary Wester, 26, was arrested Wednesday morning on felony charges of racketeering, official misconduct, fabricating evidence, possession of a controlled substance and ...

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 ...