Former Boyle County, Kentucky, deputy sheriff Tanner Abbott has been sentenced to nine years and two months in federal prison after pleading guilty to four counts of civil rights violations and one count each of conspiracy and falsifying records. Prosecutors said Abbott used excessive force against four people, conducted an illegal search of a home and wrote false reports to cover up his abuse. They say his victims were disabled, handcuffed or otherwise unable to defend themselves. He was convicted in part based on text messages he sent from his work phone in which he bragged about the abuse and photographs he took of the injuries he inflicted on his victims.
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