‘No one is immune or exempt’: Sheriff arrests his own daughter for meth trafficking

[Sugar Cookie]

A recent drug bust for one Florida sheriff is more personal than usual.

“Methamphetamine does not discriminate and neither do we,” Franklin County Sheriff A.J. Smith wrote in a post on the department’s Facebook page. “It does not matter who you are, no one is immune or exempt.”

The sheriff’s office conducted a narcotics investigation which led to the arrest of 38-year-old Kristen Kent and 25-year-old Bailey Adaire Lee on April 18.

The sheriff’s office charged Kent with trafficking methamphetamine 14 grams or over, drug equipment possession and/or use and cocaine possession. Lee was charged with two counts of trafficking methamphetamine 14 grams or over.

Smith later confirmed to The Miami Herald that Kent is his daughter.

“When you work in law enforcement, do not take things personally,” the sheriff wrote in a Facebook post a few days later. “There will be many challenging situations that you will face and you must rise above.”

The sheriff is known for cracking down on meth trafficking in his jurisdiction, and the sheriff’s department operates with the motto “We don’t meth around.”

‘No one is immune or exempt’: Sheriff arrests his own daughter for meth trafficking

A sheriff in Florida has arrested his own daughter in a drug bust.

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[Symmachus]

This is an item where I can say with genuine sentiment that this sheriff is a Father of the Year. Good for him for not cutting his daughter slack that he would never afford others.

 

[Hermy]

"We do not meth around." LOVE IT!

Kristen didn't just meth around with the law, she methed around with her dad. Bad combo! The law might have been more lenient, dad is another story.

Makes me wonder if this was a delayed teen rebellion on her part. She's THIRTY-EIGHT!!! Grow up, Kristen!

 

[Satanica]

He put his integrity over everything else, and I applaud that. Can you imagine how the world would change for the better if everyone would be strong enough to do that?