Pinellas deputy misused databases to spy on estranged wife, sheriff says

Pinellas County Sheriff Bob Gualtieri, shown in this file photo from June, announced on Thursday that a deputy had resigned and had been arrested on charges that he unlawfully accessed confidential databases.

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Pinellas deputy misused databases to spy on estranged wife, sheriff says

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Pinellas deputy misused databases to spy on estranged wife, sheriff says

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