Santa Rosa County Sheriff Wendell Hall has been named in a federal lawsuit by a Navarre couple and a neighbor that alleges “blatant use of excessive force.” The couple, Daniel and Cathy Thompson, and former Navarre resident Edgar Knowling say they were beaten – one Tasered – and wrongfully arrested in the days after Hurricane Ivan.
We interviewed the Thompsons in July. Read more.
Hall is just one of seven defendants in the case. Another defendant, former Pinellas County Sheriff’s Deputy Richard Farnham – accused of being the main aggressor – already has been convicted of civil rights violations in his own trial.
Read more on the lawsuit.