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Former Florida County Sheriff Turned Drug Dealer Turned Snitch Finally Heads to jail Former Manatee County Sheriff’s deputy James “Jack” Choate is headed off to jail at long last – though many would agree that the sentence is long overdue. A Deputy Sheriff in Florida from July 1995 through...

Former deputy informant in steroids case gets jail time By Elizabeth Johnson Published: Monday, September 21, 2015 MANATEE COUNTY - A former Manatee County Sheriff's deputy, who acted as a confidential informant in a steroids sting that embroiled several public servants, will get jail time...