Telegraph Staff Writer
STARKE—The Bradford County Sheriff’s Office said one of its deputies turned himself in after admitting to sexual battery.
The agency said that on March 1, Dalton Sumner turned himself in at the Union County Jail, where he was processed, posted a $200,000 bond, and released.
The office said that in September, it received information about a deputy possibly committing a sexual battery while off duty.
“We initiated an investigation by interviewing the female victim and other witnesses,” the office said. “Detectives then interviewed Deputy Dalton Sumner, with his attorney present, and confirmed the victim’s account.”
Sumner was placed on administrative leave without pay. The State Attorney’s Office obtained an arrest warrant for the officer for sexual battery on a victim 18 or older with special circumstances on Feb. 28.
“BCSO worked with Sumner’s attorney to have him surrender at the jail,” the agency said.
