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Cherokee Sheriff’s Deputy Fired Amid Investigation Into Alleged Fake Facebook Account
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Status
Reported, not yet confirmed
Independent sources
3
First seen
Oct 2, 2:44 PM EDT
updated Oct 2, 11:26 PM EDT
Topic
Local News
Reported by WXIA (11Alive NBC), WAGA (FOX 5 Atlanta) and WANF (Atlanta News First CBS), not yet confirmed.
Sources · Copies Of One Story Count Once
Cherokee sheriff’s deputy fired amid investigation into alleged fake Facebook account · WXIA (11Alive NBC)Oct 2, 2:44 PM EDT
Former Cherokee County deputy accused of online harassment campaign · WAGA (FOX 5 Atlanta)Oct 2, 3:30 PM EDT
Cherokee deputy fired, accused of using fake Facebook to target individual · WAGA (FOX 5 Atlanta)Oct 2, 3:30 PM EDT
Cherokee County deputy fired following allegation of fake Facebook account · WANF (Atlanta News First CBS)Oct 2, 11:26 PM EDT
How It Unfolded
Official Confirmation
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How We Decided
Oct 3, 10:52 PM EDTHeld: One source so far, and no official source confirms it yet.Oct 3, 11:28 PM EDTPublished: Two or more independent sources reported it.NextConfirmed when an official source agrees.