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sl8

(16,245 posts)
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 12:25 PM Oct 2020

Florida deputy gives kids guns to fight demons he said were in home

https://nbc-2.com/news/state/2020/10/20/florida-deputy-gives-kids-guns-to-fight-demons-he-said-were-in-home/

Florida deputy gives kids guns to fight demons he said were in home

by NBC2 News
October 20, 2020
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Florida deputy gives kids guns to fight demons he said were in home

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. (WESH) – A now-former Orange County deputy is accused of giving a gun to a child and telling her to shoot anyone who entered his apartment. He also allegedly performed an exorcism on a second child.

According to local NBC affiliate WESH, Christopher Dougherty was arrested on Sunday after deputies were called to an apartment on Thursday.

Deputies said the found Dougherty with a gun at the apartment and saw a young girl lying on the floor with a rifle.

“She was wearing a Kevlar helmet and bulletproof vest. She was ready to shoot anyone who entered the apartment,” a deputy wrote in the arrest report.

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Florida deputy gives kids guns to fight demons he said were in home (Original Post) sl8 Oct 2020 OP
Are they psych evaluations required for hiring LEO's? OAITW r.2.0 Oct 2020 #1
Don't try to tell me his superiors never doubted his mental stability. lpbk2713 Oct 2020 #2
That could have turned out really badly. underpants Oct 2020 #3
What exactly was wrong with the other candidates when Dougherty was hired? CaptYossarian Oct 2020 #4

lpbk2713

(43,201 posts)
2. Don't try to tell me his superiors never doubted his mental stability.
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 12:28 PM
Oct 2020


Behavior like this cannot be turned on and off.

CaptYossarian

(6,448 posts)
4. What exactly was wrong with the other candidates when Dougherty was hired?
Tue Oct 20, 2020, 01:43 PM
Oct 2020

Those people are still on the streets.

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