The upcoming episode of Taking the Stand on A&E will showcase the case against a Florida sheriff’s deputy named Zachary Wester. This episode titled “Zachary Wester” will air on Thursday, February 1, ...

Thirty-three people whose lives were upended by Zach Wester reached a settlement in their federal lawsuits against the former North Florida deputy, who’s serving 12 1/2 years in prison for planting ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) - A racketeering conviction was overturned Wednesday for a former Jackson County deputy who was convicted in 2021 for planting drugs during traffic stops. Former Deputy ...

Both the state of Florida and the public defender for Zach Wester, the former Jackson County deputy convicted of planting drugs on innocent drivers, have given their written arguments in a ...

JACKSON COUNTY, Fla. – Arguing that he was “cloaked in the authority” of a sheriff’s deputy, the state Wednesday urged the Florida Supreme Court to reinstate a racketeering conviction against former ...

An ex-Florida sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced to 12-and-a-half years in prison for planting drugs during traffic stops and then arresting the drivers, the Associated Press reports. Zachary Wester ...

A Florida appeals court has thrown out a racketeering conviction of a corrupt, former sheriff’s deputy in the Panhandle. It ruled that he acted alone in a plot to plant drugs on unsuspecting drivers ...