Darryl Daniels

A jury deliberated less than three hours over charges that former Sheriff Darryl Daniels destroyed evidence and lied to investigators.

Daniels chose not to testify over allegations stemming from his long-term affair with a former corrections officer.

Daniels is accused of lying to investigators and destroying evidence to cover up the long-term affair he had with Cierra Smith, a former corrections officer.

Daniels is accused of ordering one of his deputies to illegally arrest Cierra Smith for stalking him in 2019.

former Clay County Sheriff Darryl Daniels was arrested Aug. 13, 2020, after a yearlong investigation into whether he had used his position to illegally order the arrest of a woman he'd had an affair with.

The new charges against include three additional counts of giving false information to a law enforcement officer for a total of five such charges. He also faces one count of tampering with evidence.

A mound of evidence that will be used in the case against former Clay County Sheriff Darryl Daniels was released Tuesday.The 33 files of evidence obtained…

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