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A criminal justice professor with UTC said the request is rare for law enforcement.

Although charges were dropped against former Deputy Daniel Wilkey, a letter by the sheriffs office asking for him to be de-certified as a deputy was rescinded.

According to the Hamilton County Court Clerk, the assault charge against Tauris Sledge was dismissed.

If former Hamilton County Sheriffs Deputy Daniel Wilkey did anything wrong criminally to account for a 44-count indictment filed against him in 2019, the fact that all charges in the indictment were dismissed against him in Criminal Court Friday stand as a catastrophic failure.

The case was assigned to another attorney because Hamilton County District Attorney General Coty Wamp used to work at the Hamilton County Sheriff's Office.

Daniel Wilkey, a former sheriffs deputy in Hamilton County, Tenn., had 44 charges, including rape, sexual battery, oppression and extortion, dismissed after a prosecutor didnt provide investigative material to support the charges.

A judge has dismissed a 44-count indictment against a former Tennessee sheriff’s deputy that included charges of rape, sexual battery, oppression and extortion.

More than 40 criminal charges against former Hamilton County deputy Daniel Wilkey were dismissed Friday after a prosecutor said he "sees no avenue of prosecution" in the case.

The prosecutor says he sees no avenue of prosecution in the case against Daniel Wilkey.

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — A judge dismissed a 44-court indictment on Friday against a former Tennessee sheriff's deputy that included charges of rape, sexual battery, oppression and extortion.