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Charges dropped against Pinellas deputy who ran 381 ALPR inquiries on woman
Tampa Bay Times and WFLA News Channel 8 (Nexstar, Tampa) describe the same event in different terms.
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What happenedThe charges against a disgraced Pinellas County deputy were dropped after authorities found that Florida law does not support criminal charges for his reported conduct.
The headline splitThe left frames it as "Charges dropped against ex-Pinellas deputy accused of abusing license plate reader databa...". The center frames it as "Charges dropped against Pinellas deputy who ran 381 ALPR inquiries on woman".
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Left / center-leftCharges dropped against ex-Pinellas deputy accused of abusing license plate reader database
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CenterCharges dropped against Pinellas deputy who ran 381 ALPR inquiries on woman
Charges dropped against ex-Pinellas deputy accused of abusing license plate reader database
Prosecutors have dropped the criminal charges against a now-former Pinellas County sheriff’s deputy accused of querying the agency’s automatic license plate reader database some 300 times t...
Charges dropped against Pinellas deputy who ran 381 ALPR inquiries on woman
The charges against a disgraced Pinellas County deputy were dropped after authorities found that Florida law does not support criminal charges for his reported conduct.
