Charlotte County Sheriff honors fallen deputy

Writer: Rachel Murphy
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Sheriff Prummell salutes the gravesite of Christopher Taylor (CREDIT: Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office)

In the wake of Cassandra Smith’s trial and the Wreaths Across America program, the Charlotte County Sheriff placed a wreath at the gravesite of fallen Deputy Christopher Taylor.

Wreaths Across America is held annually to remember and honor those who gave their lives. Prummell and Lieutenant Rocco Casano visited Taylor’s grave to honor his memory Saturday.

Deputies said the wreath ceremony carried a little more emotion after the trial for Taylor’s murderer concluded on Friday. Smith was convicted of hitting and killing the 23-year-old deputy three times over the legal blood alcohol level.

Taylor was laid to rest in November. Community members lined the streets to say their goodbyes to the fallen deputy.

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