Prosecutors asked a White County judge to dismiss 25 criminal cases because they lost faith in the former deputy who made the arrests.
Attorney Richard Brooks represented one of the people who had the charges against him dropped.
After announcing he was closing the file on the Dial case, the White County DA asked the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation to also close their file.
His wife’s wrongful death lawsuit names Shoupe, the two deputies, the county and the city of Sparta, TN. The lawsuit states, “It was not only inappropriate but also unconscionable for Defendant Shoupe to give the order to use deadly force,” and adds Shoupe ’s mindset was “malicious and sadistic.”
The grand jury then indicted Richardson on four felony counts of manufacturing and selling meth.
Richardson's private attorney asked prosecutors to re-examine the undercover video of the drug buy.