NORFOLK — A federal jury on Friday determined that former Virginia Beach Sheriff Ken Stolle violated a deputy’s First Amendment right to free association when he terminated him, but decided he didn’t infringe upon the deputy’s free speech rights. The panel ordered Stolle to pay former deputy William “Dave” Fowler $10,000 in damages, far below the more than $1 million his attorneys sought. The .
The panel ordered Ken Stolle to pay former deputy William "Dave" Fowler $10,000 in damages, far below the more than $1 million his attorneys had asked for.
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State Del. Kelly Convirs-Fowler testified she believes her husband was fired by former Virginia Beach Sheriff Ken Stolle because the sheriff was irritated by her efforts to show him a video that allegedly showed one of his deputies at the Jan. 6 riot.
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