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Former deputy likely facing child porn charges

Arrested for sexual battery on a child, investigation indicates he was allegedly going to the dark web to access child porn

Kenneth Malphurs

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

It appears former Wakulla deputy Kenneth Malphurs may be the subject of ongoing investigation dealing with him accessing child porn on the dark web. That conclusion is based on The Wakulla Sun going through the criminal investigation file on Malphurs current charges of lewd and lasicivous sexual assault on a child younger than 12.

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Charter Review holds first of two public hearings

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

Three members of the public were at the Wakulla County Charter Review Commission’s Public Hearing on Tuesday, Nov. 14, to express their support for a proposed amendment to protect native trees in new development.
That amendment is one of five proposals – the others deal with impact fees, panhandling on road rights-of-way, how often the charter should be reviewed, and reducing the density of RV parks.

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Westerlund gets life in prison

He murdered the mother of his child, Chelsea Bramblett, back in January 2020

Chad Westerlund entered a plea to second-degree murder for killing Chelsea Bramblett, with whom he had a child.

By WILLIAM SNOWDEN
Editor

Chad Westerlund, who murdered the mother of his child as she sat nursing the child on a sofa, was sentenced to life in prison at a hearing last week.
Westerlund had entered a plea to second degree murder and a felony count of child neglect several months ago. At a hearing on Thursday, Nov. 2, Wakulla Circuit Judge Layne Smith ordered Westerlund to serve life in prison and to have no contact with his daughter.

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