SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) - A Florida deputy charged with evidence tampering to help another deputy has been fired.
The Herald-Tribune (https://goo.gl/1HlXSQ) reports that the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office announced 23-year-old Carson Lee Plank’s termination in a statement Wednesday. She was charged in February with providing false information to law enforcement and later charged with evidence tampering.
Officials say Plank was one of the first deputies to respond in January to the home of a 79-year-old woman who had accused Deputy Frankie Bybee of trying to kill her. Authorities say Bybee’s fingerprint had been found on checks totaling $65,000 that the victim said had been fraudulently signed.
Authorities say Plank failed to turn over evidence collected at the victim’s home and then called Bybee and told him about the investigation.
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Information from: Sarasota (Fla.) Herald-Tribune, https://www.heraldtribune.com
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