MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) – A former Manatee County Sheriff’s Office deputy resigned before the agency completed an internal investigation into allegations that he used a resident’s personal information to harass her, according to the sheriff’s office and a probable cause affidavit.
Matthew Schwartz no longer works for the department, the Manatee County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday.
Schwartz began working for the sheriff’s office on Dec. 27, 2010, and resigned prior to the completion of the internal investigation.
According to a probable cause affidavit, a female victim contacted the sheriff’s office Jan. 26 after noticing a sheriff’s SUV parked for several weeks on 147th Street East in the Country Creek neighborhood…