Deputy Who Wanted to Run for Sheriff Loses Suit Over Arrest

A Florida deputy sheriff’s claims that he was falsely arrested and retaliated against after he told his boss he intended to run for sheriff in another county were properly dismissed, the Eleventh Circuit said.

There was probable cause to arrest Deputy Bryan Turner and he didn’t sufficiently allege that he was otherwise retaliated against, the opinion by Judge Gerald Bard Tjoflat said.

Turner, who had retired from the Nassau County Sheriff’s Office, was an undercover narcotics officer with the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office. When the sitting Nassau County sheriff, Bill Leeper, announced his plans to retire, Turner told Jacksonville Sheriff Mike ...