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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...