Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Wood County Sheriff's Department Under FBI Investigation
WEST VIRGINIA....
Joe Ciccarelli, FBI supervisory senior resident agent in Charleston, has confirmed that the the FBI is investigating the Wood County Sheriff's Department over an October 2009 video that allegedly shows 30 year old Brian Timothy Sawyer being hit and choked while in the department's holding facility. Sawyer filed a lawsuit against the department in U.S. District Court Tuesday accusing then-Deputy Jim Asbury of attacking him. The incident was presented to a Wood County grand jury, which did not indict Asbury, who resigned from the department in June. In a separate lawsuit, Wood County Sheriff's Sgt. David Westfall claims the department is unfairly firing him after he gave the FBI a copy of the video. Westfall also accuses other department officers of wrongdoing in the "whistleblower" lawsuit. Sheriff Jeff Sandy says his department has nothing to hide.
Joe Ciccarelli, FBI supervisory senior resident agent in Charleston, has confirmed that the the FBI is investigating the Wood County Sheriff's Department over an October 2009 video that allegedly shows 30 year old Brian Timothy Sawyer being hit and choked while in the department's holding facility. Sawyer filed a lawsuit against the department in U.S. District Court Tuesday accusing then-Deputy Jim Asbury of attacking him. The incident was presented to a Wood County grand jury, which did not indict Asbury, who resigned from the department in June. In a separate lawsuit, Wood County Sheriff's Sgt. David Westfall claims the department is unfairly firing him after he gave the FBI a copy of the video. Westfall also accuses other department officers of wrongdoing in the "whistleblower" lawsuit. Sheriff Jeff Sandy says his department has nothing to hide.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 3:20 PM 
