Jackson County deputy resigns after DUI crash - My Panhandle
Now charged with DUI in a May 3 crash that totaled his service vehicle, Timothy D. Hinson resigned his position as a Jackson County deputy on Tuesday. Hinson had been on paid administrative leave since the one-vehicle crash as the Florida Highway Patrol investigated the incident. FHP Spokesman J. D. Johnson confirmed Tuesday that Hinson’s blood-alcohol content was measured at. 195, more than double the legal limit of. 08. Those results were obtained through a subpoena of hospital records. Jackson County Sheriff Lou Roberts said Hinson resigned Tuesday shortly after FHP notified the local agency of those findings and the charges. Roberts would not immediately disclose the contents of the resignation letter, saying it would be part of an internal investigation that can only now get underway. Roberts said that internal investigation can proceed now that the FHP has concluded its work and that findings will be forwarded to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement Standards and Training, where a board will decide the fate of Hinson’s... Roberts said Hinson had worked for him since 2008, the year Roberts was elected, and for a previous local sheriff for a period a few years earlier. Saying he was thankful that Hinson only received minor injuries in the crash, Roberts said he was at the same time disappointed in the alleged circumstances. We enforce the laws and we have to abide by them too,” Roberts said. Source: www.mypanhandle.com
