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Detention Deputy Arrested On FTA For Disorderly Conduct

Release Number:  09-272

Who:
Pinellas County Sheriff's Office
Detention and Corrections Bureau

Wayne Nichols (Arrested)
Age: 48
Date of Hire:12/06/1999
Assignment: Detention Deputy

What:  Deputies have arrested a Pinellas County Sheriff's Detention Deputy on an outstanding warrant involving a failure to appear (FTA) in court on a disorderly conduct incident.

Where:  The deputy was arrested while at work at the Pinellas County Jail.

When:  The deputy was arrested on Wednesday, October 28, 2009.

How/Why:  

Deputies have arrested a Pinellas County Sheriff's detention deputy on an outstanding warrant involving a failure to appear (FTA) in court on a disorderly conduct misdemeanor incident. The deputy was arrested on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 while at work at the Pinellas County Jail.

The staff at the jail was notified that Detention Deputy Wayne Nichols had the outstanding FTA and he was subsequently arrested.

Nichols has been a detention deputy since 1999. This incident will be reviewed by the Administrative Investigations Division.