LIVE OAK, Fla. — Sumter County deputies say they arrested a former Florida police chief on Friday for sexually battering a 14-year-old girl while using a deadly weapon.
On Monday, authorities say there were advised by the Marion County Sheriff's Office that a sexual battery incident occurred within Sumter County.
Detectives then collected and reviewed evidence found by Marion County's investigation and determined that there was probable cause for the arrest of former Center Hill police chief William Pruitt, the Sumter County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post.
A couple of days after an arrest warrant was issued for the 56-year-old, the U.S. Marshal Florida Caribbean Regional Fugitive Task Force and Suwannee County Sheriff's Office arrested Pruitt on Friday in Live Oak, deputies say.
