FBI May Be Investigating Taylor County Sheriff
Wednesday, May 9th, 2018 -- 10:13 AM
-The Taylor County Sheriff may be under investigation by the FBI after one of his demoted detectives released records of two unsolved murders to producers of a national television show.Sgt. Steven Bowers is accused of felony misconduct in public office, a charge that could send him to prison for 1 1/2 years upon conviction. Under the law, police records are public, but authorities often withhold them on grounds they could compromise an ongoing investigation. The State Journal reports the records were given to producers of the Oxygen network show "Cold Justice." Bowers has admitted to releasing the records, but says he didn't intend to disregard department policies and, in hindsight, realized what he had done was wrong.
Now, Bowers has filed a complaint against Taylor County Sheriff Bruce Daniels. The complaint was initially filed with the Medford Police Department. But, to avoid a conflict of interest, they passed on the complaint to the FBI. However, they didn’t specify why the passed it on to the FBI as opposed to a neighboring agency. The FBI said they couldn’t confirm nor deny the investigation.
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