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Former State Attorney Drops All 4 Charges Against A Jackson County Probation Officer

Before he left office Wednesday, former state attorney Steve Meadows dropped all four charges against a Jackson County Probation officer accused of driving under the influence..

Court records show the one felony and three misdemeanor charges against Ryder Laramore were all dismissed on December 19th.

Back on September 23rd a Jackson County Sheriff's deputy stopped Laramore on Highway 231 for suspicious of drunk driving.

The arrest report says the Marianna native was wearing women's clothing, a blonde wig and had a bottle of vodka sitting in plain sight.

Officers searched the car and allegedly found a small bag containing methamphetamine and marijuana, a small glass pipe, a pistol and a probation badge.

Bay County Sheriff's Deputies say they arrested Laramore after he failed 3-field sobriety tests, and charged him with DUI, Possession of Meth, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia and Possession of less than 20 grams of marijuana.

Meadows says Laramore entered a pre-trial intervention agreement which gave him the opportunity to escape the charges if he met certain conditions.

"He entered a deferred prosecution agreement. The charges weren't dropped, the charges were deferred pending his completion of the terms of the agreement that was reached regarding certain things that he had to go through and certain things he has to do."

Laramore is the son of public defender Herman Laramore.

The department of corrections fired Laramore from his probation officer's job the day after his arrest.