PUNTA GORDA, Fla. — Charlotte County Sheriff Bill Prummell addressed what he called a “rash of stupid” at a press conference Tuesday morning about the internal investigations involving misconduct of Sgt. Lance Holden and Deputy Anthony Nardi.
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