Protests about a job offer to Kelley Cradduck in the Carroll County sheriff’s office has caused the sheriff there, Randy Mayfield, to withdraw the job for the former Benton County sheriff, who left office after a documents tampering investigation.

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“Many have since expressed their concern about Mr. Cradduck serving with the CCSO,” Sheriff Mayfield wrote in a release. “I have heard and respect these concerns, as has Mr. Cradduck. He and I spoke earlier today, and we both agree that it is in the best interest of all that he not be a deputy with the CCSO.”

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