Key Quotes from Sworn Testimony

"He deliberately withheld information from myself and admitted so."

"The first thing I said, he deliberately refused to tell me information of something that was going on in our department."

"And Jones did not conduct the arrest himself, correct? Correct."

"Was this appropriate? No."

"You cannot lose this position."

"The most important thing in his life is his daughter."

"When asked why he didn't call me to tell me that one of our deputies got arrested, he told me it was a conflict of interest."

"Was he wrong? Yes."

"Did you know that Marc King and Chad Cronkright were friends or buddies? To some respect."

"This might be a termination for you."

"Do you still have records of those calls and text messages? I doubt it, no."

"Have you deleted call logs or text messages reflecting communications between yourself and the sheriff in November of 2022? I'm sure I have, yes."

"Do you remember when you would have deleted those? I don't."

"Whatever text messages or phone calls that I'd referenced in my internal report, I no longer have those on my phone."

"Later that evening at 5:44 p.m. I texted Josh Goodrich, who I am friends with and talk daily with that Marc got an OWI."

"If Scott's already picked his date for retirement, we don't need to proceed with this internal investigation."

"Therefore, we wouldn't have to continue with the investigation."

"I've known Mat King for probably around 20 years or more."

"You're texting and calling with Mat, the sheriff, on your personal phone? Uh-huh."

"You also call and text with Mat King, correct? Sure."

"I'm certainly not happy with that."

"It was against the direction he had been given."

"We were partners for a while in the car."

"We don't have a policy."

"We were acquaintances. We're friends, sure."