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ZOLFO SPRINGS, FLA---The police chief of Zolfo Springs has been arrested.
David William Scheid, 47, a former deputy with the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office who was named Zolfo Springs chief in 2005, has been charged with two felony counts of official misconduct; one felony count of grand theft, one felony count of tampering with a witness, one felony count of fabricating physical evidence and one count of petit theft.
According to the arresting agency, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, the charges are the result of a month and a half long investigation into allegations of falsification of training records, sale of property held as evidence and the conversion of items seized as evidence for his personal use.
Scheid was booked into the Hardee County Jail and bond was set at $5,250.
Zolfo Springs is about 70 miles southeast of Tampa.
Scheid was hired as administrator of the police department in December 2004 and was promoted to chief last year. 1-4-06
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