Jerry Wood

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Service Record

Kaufman County Texas Sheriff's Office

Rank	Deputy, Sergeant (1998), Lieutenant (2007)^[1]
Dates of Service	1996 - June 2017^[1]
Salary	$57,302 (2015)^[2]
Last Known Status	Separated

Benton County Tennessee Sheriff's Office

Rank	Deputy (2017), Sergeant (2018), Captain (2019).^[1]
Dates of Service	April 2017 - December 2020.^[1]
Last Known Status	Separated

Van Zandt County Texas Sheriff's Office

Rank	Lieutenant (2021), Captain (2021), Chief Deputy (2022).^[1]
Dates of Service	January 2021 - June 2022.^[1]
Last Known Status	Resigned^[3]

Incident Reports

2022 False Statement

Response Timeline

In March 2022, Wood was indicted for giving a false statement to a peace officer during the investigation. Wood could face up to six months in jail on the misdemeanor charge.^[4]

On May 20, 2022, the charges were dismissed. The District Attorney stated that the "interest of justice would be best served by protecting those future cases on behalf of victims and agreeing to dismiss the charges in exchange for resignation from the Van Zandt County Sheriff's Office".^[5]

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