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, ...

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.

The state is continuing its legal battle to keep a former Jackson County Sheriff’s Deputy behind bars for as long as possible. Florida Attorney General ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.