Sheriff Randy Smith said the whistleblower lawsuit filed by former Chief Deputy Fred Oswald has been dismissed.
Sheriff Smith was informed earlier this week of the District Court’s favorable ruling.
The court issued its reasons for judgment, in which it went through the allegations made by Oswald, ultimately rejecting all of them. The court further determined that despite Oswald’s allegations, there were no violations of law by Sheriff Smith, and the court determined that the District Attorney’s Office was in fact provided with everything that it needed from the Sheriff’s Office in order to secure a conviction of a former STPSO employee. The District Court further concluded Sheriff Smith was well within his rights to terminate Oswald, once Sheriff Smith had determined Oswald’s service was no longer needed in his administration.
Sheriff Smith says he will never stop fighting against those who wish to drag the St. Tammany Parish Sheriff’s Office back to the way things used to be.
