Article: Ex-deputy charged with impersonating officer

HINTON (AP) - A former Summers County sheriff's deputy convicted on federal civil rights charges nearly a decade ago has been indicted on aggravated robbery and battery charges.

Howard Steven Sears, 38, allegedly entered a house in Meadow Creek, Summers County, last November claiming he was a federal agent, searched the house and removed a 12-gauge shotgun.

He also pepper-sprayed the face of a house guest, but later helped him wash his eyes, police said. Sears, who was charged in incidents at two other Summers County ...

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