Liberty County, FL – Governor Rick Scott has named an Interim Liberty County Sheriff, a man named Carl Causey. That announcement comes just after word of the arrest of current sheriff, 50 year old Nicholas Finch. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement booked Finch into the Liberty County Jail a little after 5 pm Tuesday. Investigators say back in March, a Liberty County Sheriff’s deputy made an arrest on a resident there for carrying a concealed firearm. FDLE believes shortly after the arrest, Finch released the suspect from jail, then altered or destroyed paperwork from the arrest. Liberty County resident, Samuel Coover: “Since he’s considered what people consider an outsider and not from Liberty County, that they finally railroaded him out. In my personal opinion he was doing his job and people didn’t like it.” The sheriff declined to comment, but his attorney Jimmy Judkins had this to say: “The records at the jail show exactly what happened in this case and the records speak the truth. The sheriff looked at the facts and said ‘I believe in the second amendment and we’re not going to charge him.’ That is not misconduct at all. That is within the Sheriff’s perogative whether to charge someone or not.” Finch is being charged with one count of official misconduct. He was released shortly after he was arrested on his own recognizance.
Posted on: Fri, 07 Jun 2013 23:05:44 +0000
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