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Governor suspends Florida sheriff amid sex scandal investigation
CLAY COUNTY, Fla. – A day after Clay County Sheriff Darryl Daniels surrendered to law enforcement to face criminal charges stemming from a sex scandal investigation, Gov. Ron DeSantis issued an executive order to suspend the embattled sheriff, News 6 partner WJXT reported.The order signed by DeSantis states in part that “it is in the best interests of the residents of the Clay County, and the citizens of the State of Florida, that Darryl Daniels be immediately suspended from the public office, which he now holds, upon the grounds set forth in this executive order.”Effective immediately, the order states, Daniels is suspended from public office and prohibited from performing any official duty or function of public office.