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WORTH REWARDS.
>> A FORMER DEPUTY OF THE YEAR
IS IN JAIL ON USING EXCESSIVE
FORCE ON THE JOB.
JEREMY BRILL YUN WENT TO PUTNAM
COUNTY TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE
CHARGES.
>> A BEAUTIFUL DAY TO GET OUT
AND PLAY, BUT TODAY IN GREEN
CASTLE, TALK WAS A SERIOUS
MATTER.
>> I THINK THAT'S WAY BEYOND
WHAT HE SHOULD HAVE DONE, WAY
BEYOND IT.
>> THIRTY-SEVEN-YEAR-OLD T.J.
SMITH, A FORMER PUTNAM COUNTY
DEPUTY OF THE YEAR AND MEMBER OF
THE CITY COUNCIL UNDER ARREST
FOR EXCESSIVE FORCE.
OUTSIDE THIS BRAR JUST SIX
MONTHS AFTER HE BECAME A DEPUTY
IN NOVEMBER 2011, PROSECUTORS
SAY HE TASED A PERSON AFTER
OTHER OFFICERS HAD THAT PERSON
UNDER CONTROL.
>> GOOD MORNING.
>> DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE,
FEDERAL PROSECUTORS SAY THERE
WAS TOUR INSTANCES WHERE SMITH
ASSAULT A SUSPECT AFTER IN
HANDCUFFS OR RESTRAINED BY OTHER
OFFICERS.
>> IF YOU VIOLATE THE PUBLIC'S
TRUST, YOU'LL BE HELD
ACCOUNTABLE.
>> THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME
POLICE HAVE BEEN HELD
ACCOUNTABLE.
>> IT'S NOT PERFECT, A LITTLE
TOWN BUT NOT PERFECT.
>> IN 2008, MARK FRISBEE WAS
ARRESTED BY THE FBI ON CHARGES
OF STEALING FUND FROM A FEDERAL
PAM, TWO MONTHS IN PRISON, FOUR
MONTHS ON HOME DETENTION.
SIX YEARS LATER, ANOTHER POLICE
OFFICER AND MORE FEDERAL
CHARGES.
>> SEEMED LIKE A NICE GUY TO ME.
>> MIKE IS TALKING ABOUT HIS
DEALINGS WITH SMITH WHEN SMITH
WAS A JAIL DEPUTY.
OTHER RESIDENTS SAID THEY
WEREN'T SURPRISED THAT HE WAS
KNOWN AS A HOT HEAD WITH A
REPUTATION WITH AGGRESSIVE
TACTICS.
>> IF YOU'RE RETRAINED, YOU'RE
NOT GOING ANYWHERE OR DOING
ANYTHING.
SMITH HAD THAT REPUTATION FOR
MAKING SO MANY DUI ARRESTS, HE
WAS PASSIONATE BECAUSE HIS YOUNG
SISTER, EIGHT YEARS OLD WAS
KILLED IN A DUI ACCIDENT IN
1995, THAT'S WHY HE MADE SO MANY
OF THOSE ARRESTS.
THE SHERIFF HERE IN PUTNAM
COUNTY SUSPENDED SMITH, SAID HE
KNEW NOTHING ABOUT THE FBI
INVESTIGATION.
SMITH IS TOLD IN JAIL AND FACES
UP TO 40 YEARS IN PRISON IF