Case continued for former Polk Sheriff’s deputies
Published 2:54 pm Tuesday, April 21, 2009
A court case involving two former Polk County Sheriff&39;s Office deputies was continued in district court last week until May 13. Former officers Derrick Twitty and Joshua Denton were charged with assaulting a female stemming from an incident on Oct. 28, 2008. The alleged victim, Allison Howard, said she was tasered between 12 and 16 times by Twitty and Denton.