Special to the News-Standard
GROVETON — Sheriff Woody Wallace said that after many years in law enforcement, you start to notice a pattern.
He offered real examples of reasons people have gotten mad at the Sheriff’s Office and decided to blast us on Facebook.
- A deputy would not go pick up my cigarettes, candy, and chips and deliver them to me.
- A deputy wrote me a ticket.
- A deputy would not arrest my neighbor because their cat was in my garage.
- A deputy would not arrest my neighbor because their rooster crowed too early.
- A deputy told me the issue was a civil matter and not a criminal offense.
- A deputy would not arrest my neighbor because they put a camera facing my house.
- A deputy would not arrest my neighbor because they shined a light on my camera and now I cannot see what they are doing.
- A deputy investigated me after I attempted to cover up what appeared to be a potential crime scene.
- A deputy arrested my kid after I called because he had drugs in his room and would not release him the next day like I demanded.
- A deputy would not arrest my wife because she was drunk and “would not mind me.”
Wallace said the Sheriff’s Office does not arrest people because someone demands it; instead, they enforce the law based on facts and probable cause.
“Sometimes that makes people happy,” he said. “Sometimes it sends them straight to Facebook.”
