Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Benton County may need to pay millions to six current and former sheriff’s deputies for how their boss treated them. A trial is ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Multiple members of the Benton County Sheriff’s Office command staff say recalled ex-Sheriff Jerry Hatcher admitted to domestic ...

The highest ranking member of the Benton County Sheriff’s Office command staff told a jury Monday that the feeling that he couldn’t protect his employees from his former boss nearly drove him to ...

After a monthlong trial detailing the abuse deputies suffered at the hands of former Benton County Sheriff Jerry Hatcher, a Walla Walla County jury has awarded the men about $1.4 million total. The ...

The former Benton County sheriff allegedly belittled, threatened and tried to convince his command staff to break the law for him for years. Now, six current and former deputies, who said they ...

For most of the past six years, Lt. Jason Erickson has been one of the most prominent faces for rank and file deputies of the Benton County Sheriff's Office. Over the course of two days of testimony ...

Testimony at a high-profile lawsuit this week revealed that former Benton County Prosecutor Andy Miller threatened to strip an embattled sheriff of his legal protections so he could be personally sued ...

Multiple members of the Benton County Sheriff's Office command staff say recalled ex-Sheriff Jerry Hatcher admitted to domestic violence and witness tampering, but got away with it anyway. The ...

Jury awarded damages to six deputies for Hatcher's intentional abuse. Jury allocated separate economic and non-economic awards across plaintiffs. County’s attorney has said they will likely appeal ...