DeSoto County deputies cleared in shooting

ARCADIA, Fla. (WWSB) – Two DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office deputies have been cleared in a shooting in January in which a suspect wanted in Georgia was killed, Sheriff James Potter said Tuesday.

The shooting occurred Jan. 25 on State Road 72 between Thigpen Road and Addison Avenue.

Matthew Steven Rollie, 30, was a suspect wanted by authorities in Forsyth County, Georgia, on charges of enticing a child for indecent purposes. Rollie was also a registered sex offender who had not registered in DeSoto County…

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