A detention deputy with the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office was arrested and fired after assaulting an inmate he was ...

LARGO, Fla. (WFLA) — Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri discussed the arrest and termination of a deputy from the ...

A corrections officer with the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office has been arrested and fired after he allegedly assaulted an ...

Sheriff Gualtieri Terminates Corrections Deputy for Battery on Inmate PINELLAS COUNTY — On January 29, 2026, Bob Gualtieri ...

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri announced the termination of five corrections deputies following two separate and unrelated incidents of misconduct at the Pinellas County ...

James Jones, a corrections deputy with the Pinellas County Sheriff’s Office, was arrested and fired after allegedly punching a restrained inmate while on duty ...

One case involved four deputies who ridiculed a woman as she struggled to urinate while handcuffed. Another deputy sprayed an inmate with Lysol. Dan Sullivan is a criminal justice reporter. Reach him ...

LARGO, Fla. — It only took 26 seconds for inmate Cody Jondreau, 25, to make it over the razor wire wall of his jail wing's recreation yard and start his escape, according to the Pinellas County ...

"Evidence shows that there was a screaming match between Jones and Miller, and Jones didn't act as a deputy sheriff should ...