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
and dropped it on Canfield s boot.

Tarantino was given a ticket for running a stop sign was cited for with
 and  driving
  
a suspended license.
 
In September of 2012, the Citrus County SheriffOffice served a civil
 s   was with
    
law suit that claimed that Canfield illegally strip searched Tarantino. Tarantino
  claimed that
Canfield made her strip naked and stand outside for atfive minutesnaked.She
 least  while  
       

also claimed that Canfield forcefully removed her tampon.
 
After receiving the notification for the suit, the Sheriff s Office issued this state-
ment: "The Citrus County Sheriff s Office wants toon recordasthe allegations
 go   saying 
     
made in this lawsuit are not only ludicrous, but completely untrue. 
 Yes, a traffic stop was
   
conducted on July 17, 2011. The plaintiff was issued a criminal citation  re-
 for violation of
strictions on her driver s license. She also was issued a written warning for rolling through
a stop sign."
     
No strip search was conducted, and the plaintiff s tampon was never forcibly re-
moved by any deputy. It is the Sheriff s Office intent to aggressively defend itself against

these malicious allegations, according to a press statement.

The case finally went to the United States District Court in Marion County this week.
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Four deputies, including Canfield, who were present during the traffic stop, were examined
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and cross examined throughout the trial. In the end, however, the jury did not find in favor
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of the plaintiff, Tarantino, but instead ruled in favor of the defendant, Dep. Andra Canfield.
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