Ron DeSantis suspended embattled Clay County Sheriff Darryl Daniels, arrested Thursday night on criminal charges stemming from a sex scandal investigation, the governor appointed Special Agent Matt Walsh of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement as interim sheriff.
He’s now got five months to make his mark in Clay County, when whoever wins the November election takes over in January.
He is prohibited from receiving any pay or allowance and from any privileges of public office during the suspension.
“I started thinking (the) Clay County sheriff has to kill a female, young female in her vehicle.
King noted in his letter: “I do not know Sheriff Daniels, his politics, his opponents, nor for that matter any citizen in Clay County.