Iron County Sheriff and Deputies Arrested in Alleged Kidnapping Plot.
TL;DR
The sheriff and two deputies of Iron County, Missouri, have been arrested on charges of "criminal street gang activity" and other crimes. They are accused of using their law enforcement powers to help a man take his daughter from her mother. The county's part-time coroner has taken over the Sheriff's Office temporarily. The charges have left the county with only three deputies for 550 square miles. The sheriff's attorney claims the charges are politically motivated.
- Arrests of sheriff, deputies hit 'tight-knit' Iron County. 'This is not who we are.' St. Louis Post-Dispatch
- Rural Missouri sheriff, 2 deputies arrested in kidnap plot Yahoo News
- Missouri sheriff, 2 deputies, and father arrested in alleged child kidnapping plot Fox News
- Missouri sheriff and 2 deputies charged in connection with alleged plot to help a father kidnap his child CNN
- Iron County Sheriff, 3 others charged in relation to attempted kidnapping, street gang activity KMOV St. Louis
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