Deputy Zachary Wester Said He Found Meth in a Grandmother's Purse. His Bodycam Saw His Hand

Florida deputy Zachary Wester wrote in his reports that he found meth on the drivers he stopped. Teresa Odom told him it wasn't hers. Then a prosecutor watched his own bodycam and saw his left hand. Subscribe for a new real case every two days:    / @neuroliumtv   Jackson County Sheriff's Office hired Wester in May 2016. On February 15, 2018, he stopped Teresa Odom on U.S. 231 near Cottondale for her brake lights, searched her truck and arrested her for meth. She took a plea. In summer 2018 prosecutor Christina Pumphrey reviewed the video, internal affairs found meth and drug gear in his own patrol car, and he was fired that September. More than one hundred cases were thrown out. The FDLE arrested him on July 10, 2019. In May 2021 a jury convicted him on 19 of 67 counts, including racketeering, perjury and fabricating evidence, for three drivers: Teresa Odom, Joshua Emanuel and Steven Vann. On July 13, 2021, Judge James Goodman sentenced him to 12 and a half years. His defense pointed out that 11 backup officers stood at those stops. How many cases did nobody ever check? Tell me in the comments. Chapters 00:00 Cold open 00:43 The deputy 01:17 February 15, 2018 03:24 The hand 03:34 Steven Vann 03:57 Internal affairs 04:30 Arrested 04:42 The trial 04:53 The prosecutor's walkthrough 08:23 The defense: 11 backup officers 10:15 Wester takes the stand 12:01 The verdict 13:52 The sentence 14:27 Final question Sources Bodycam footage of the Feb 15, 2018 Odom stop (backup deputy's camera and Deputy Wester's camera), as aired by WMBB News 13 Opening statements (May 2021) and verdict reading (May 18, 2021): Tallahassee Democrat Trial and verdict coverage: WTXL ABC 27 (May 2021), WMBB News 13 (May 18, 2021; July 13, 2021 sentencing) Reporting: FDLE (July 2019), CNN, NBC News, AP/Court TV, WFSU, WJHG, WTVY, WCTV, Reason, National Registry of Exonerations, Tallahassee Democrat Disclaimer: All footage is real and credited to its original broadcaster or agency. Narration uses an AI-generated voice. Wester was acquitted on 48 of the 67 counts; the convictions relate to three drivers. The bodycam does not show where the drugs came from; the narration describes what the video shows and what the prosecution argued at trial. Produced for educational and journalistic purposes. #zacharywester #bodycam #policecorruption #truecrime #florida