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Florida police deputy, Scot Patterson arrested and charged with 'child
neglect' after staying outside during the 2018 Parkland school shooting
The Florida police
deputy who failed to confront a gunman during last year's Parkland massacre has
been arrested on 11 charges.
Scot Peterson, 56,
faces child neglect, culpable negligence and perjury charges, State Attorney
Mike Satz said in the announcement.
Peterson who
was then a Broward County deputy, was on duty during the shooting at
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School but never went inside. Satz said the
charges carry a combined prison sentence of nearly 100 years. Peterson's bail
was set at $102,000.
Once released,
Peterson will be required to wear a GPS monitor and surrender his passport, and
will be prohibited from possessing a firearm, the prosecutor said.
The
killier, Nikolas Cruz, 20, faces the death penalty if convicted of killing
17 people and wounding 17 others in the attack. He has offered to plead guilty in return for a life sentence, but prosecutors have refused that offer.
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