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State investigators are still looking into allegations that Sheriff Pat Hedges violated the law last year by secretly taping a meeting between two subordinates.
The discovery of the tape has triggered a series of other legal actions:
• a $1.25 million claim filed by Chief Deputy Gary Hoving;
• a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by Hoving against the sheriff, the county and Undersheriff Steve Bolts;
• detectives in the sheriff’s narcotics unit retaining an attorney after Hedges said he had eavesdropped while investigating criminal allegations against the unit. (more)
