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Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Former deputy to be sentenced in Taser abuse case
From The Pensacola News Journal
PENSACOLA - A former Escambia County deputy is scheduled to be sentenced today after pleading guilty to excessive use of force against a woman he shot four times with a Taser.
41-year-old Charles Dix, who resigned in 2005 and now lives in Michigan where he works as a surgical technician, faces up to 10-years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
Last year Dix admitted to using excessive force when he used a Taser on Martha Bledsoe in 2004 as she was attempting to report a child abuse allegation. The sheriff's office was forced to pay her $250,000 in restitution.
In 2003 Dix shot a man with a Taser four times in a motel parking lot as the man tried to comfort his wife after a minor traffic accident. The sheriff's office was forced to pay out $150,000 in that case though Dix did not face criminal charges.