(Deland, FL) - Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood asking voters to not re-elect a Circuit Court judge after she blamed a deputy for an incident at Deltona Middle School in 2024.
According to the sheriff, 47-year-old Jorge Rivera and his wife attacked his deputy and took her Taser. The judge, Kathleen McNeilly, said Rivera was "triggered by the weapon."
Sheriff Chitwood says Judge McNeilly is unfit for office for giving Rivera 45 days in county jail, no felony conviction and no probation. Chitwood is urging residents to vote the judge out in 2028.