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Macomb deputy charged in connection with slap of teen guilty of misdemeanor, is demoted
One of two Macomb County sheriff’s deputies criminally charged after a teenage boy was slapped in the face while in their custody last year pleaded no contest and was demoted, authorities said. Alan Weir, 50, pleaded no contest Wednesday to willful neglect of duty, a one-year misdemeanor, and was sentenced to one year of probation, […]
Rep. Ronny Jackson was demoted by Navy after scathing Pentagon review, records show
Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, was quietly demoted by the Navy after a Defense Department inspector general report found he’d engaged in “inappropriate conduct” while serving as the top White House physician for Presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump, records obtained by NBC News show. Jackson, who was a rear admiral when he retired from the […]