By Laura C. Morel
The Tampa Bay Times
LARGO — A Pinellas County detention deputy was fired for smacking an inmate and pinning him to the ground of the jail’s booking area, Sheriff Bob Gualtieri announced Monday.
Deputy Richard Stotts, 48, was fired by Gualtieri on Monday after the findings of an internal affairs investigation were sustained by an administrative review board last week.
On May 8 about 9:30 p.m., Stotts was working in the booking area when a handcuffed David Alan Koons, 38, arrived on charges of disorderly conduct, battery on an officer, and resisting an officer.
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