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The ex-deputy has tried to get the state to pay him $10 million for his medical bills and lost wages after being critically wounded.

The ex-deputy has tried to get the state to pay him $10 million for his medical bills and lost wages after being critically wounded.

Julia “Jenny” Perez says her life was destroyed by a St. Johns County deputy who slammed his cruiser into her motorcycle and was found to be at fault.

Julia “Jenny” Perez says her life was destroyed by a sheriff’s deputy who slammed his cruiser into her motorcycle and was found to be at fault.

Florida lawmakers are being asked to decide whether to approve a civil judgment of $15 million by St. Johns County in northeast Florida to a woman who was the victim of a crash involving a sheriff’s deputy in 2019. Julia “Jenny” Perez of St. Augustine says her life was destroyed when the deputy slammed his cruiser into her motorcycle

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