Posted: 10/7/2025 10:25:24 AM EDT
 Prime Crime: The Drug Planting Scandal That Shocked the Nation Over a dozen Florida citizens were surprised to find drugs in their vehicles during traffic stops conducted between 2016 and 2018. The suspects, who maintained that the "discovered" drugs did not belong to them, all had one thing in common—they were arrested by the same Jackson County deputy, Zachary Wester. This special prick obviously perfected his technique: the pattern was that the bodycam was always on/off at convenient moments, never revealing him slip small packets of drug "evidence" into his glove & then planting it inside the victims' vehicles, & it was always small packets of meth that were "discovered". But he slipped up when he stopped 1 victim & a small packet was slightly visible in his L hand right before putting on his glove (@ 20:30), which caught the attention of the county prosecutor & prompted an investigation. A subsequent search found drugs & paraphernalia his patrol car, & his show ended. It's unfortunate that the cumulative sentence for the convicted charges was only 12 years, but the jury probably did what it could with what it was given, so no fault on them. Also kudos to the prosecutor for digging into & uncovering it. Did I mention that Zachary Wester is a prick? And a criminal felon. Personally, I don't want to see this guy ever have 2A rights restored. |
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Quoted: What is happening with the dozen people he set up? Can't find anything specific. This feed is a year back, & as was stated at the end of the vid, some of them had just submitted & plead guilty, probably to try to mitigate the damage inflicted at sentencing. That this prick was found to have committed perjury & falsely charged his victims should automatucally overturn every conviction regardless of plea, but government despises admitting wrongdoing, so it ignores them. 
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Quoted: Yeah that is really an important part of the story... Quoted: Quoted: What is happening with the dozen people he set up? Yeah that is really an important part of the story... They should all have their convictions overturned on reasonable doubt, and they should all get to take turns beating this prick with a rubber hose. |
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Quoted: Can't find anything specific. This feed is a year back, & as was stated at the end of the vid, some of them had just submitted & plead guilty, probably to try to mitigate the damage inflicted at sentencing. That this prick was found to have committed perjury & falsely charged his victims should automatucally overturn every conviction regardless of plea, but government despises admitting wrongdoing, so it ignores them. And that could be any of us. |
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I just don’t get it, there is so much actual crime that you don’t have to go out of your way to invent it. I would support enhanced sentencing guidelines that if done in the course of your official actions, the sentence automatically doubles. Our CSI head framed 3 different people (2 different cases) and did very little time. |
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Quoted:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6A5fCN4I8QwOver a dozen Florida citizens were surprised to find drugs in their vehicles during traffic stops conducted between 2016 and 2018. The suspects, who maintained that the "discovered" drugs did not belong to them, all had one thing in common—they were arrested by the same Jackson County deputy, Zachary Wester. This special prick obviously perfected his technique: the pattern was that the bodycam was always on/off at convenient moments, never revealing him slip small packets of drug "evidence" into his glove & then planting it inside the victims' vehicles, & it was always small packets of meth that were "discovered". But he slipped up when he stopped 1 victim & a small packet was slightly visible in his L hand right before putting on his glove (@ 20:30), which caught the attention of the county prosecutor & prompted an investigation. A subsequent search found drugs & paraphernalia his patrol car, & his show ended. It's unfortunate that the cumulative sentence for the convicted charges was only 12 years, but the jury probably did what it could with what it was given, so no fault on them. Also kudos to the prosecutor for digging into & uncovering it. Did I mention that Zachary Wester is a prick? And a criminal felon. Personally, I don't want to see this guy ever have 2A rights restored. He should serve all the time for those he framed X3 without parole. A bad cop has no place in the universe. We demand better, and there should be a price when we don't get it. |
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Quoted: They should all have their convictions overturned on reasonable doubt, and they should all get to take turns beating this prick with a rubber hose. Attached File |
| This dirtbag should have gotten life. Or even the death penalty. What he did was premeditated, planned out and executed many times. The emotional and financial toll on his victims was heavy. People could have lost their jobs over the arrests for drugs. Could have missed their rent and been evicted. Lost friends and family. The victims should be given millions of dollars as a start. The department and prosecutors will come out of this with very mild damage done. Even though they should be held accountable at a high level moving forward. This is the kind of dumb stuff that leads to stupid civilian oversight programs put in place, which these morons probably need now. This garbage human being brings nothing positive to society and does not deserve to be a part of it as far as I am concerned. I have a strong personal feeling towards corrupt cops and prosecutors from my own personal experience after ten years in law enforcement. |
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I suspect that his motive was to gain a reputation as a drug crime superstar and get himself assigned to some interagency task force and possibly a ticket out of a podunk, Florida SO to the big leagues. Don’t EVER give a cop permission to search or do anything else (but don’t resist if they decide to do so anyway). Keep your car clean and neat and keep your possessions locked away or fully covered. A messy car is an invitation for a cop to say “I believed I saw…”. |
| All of his cases need to be tossed and amends made to his victims. He needs to be given all of their sentences and put him in general population and start a rumor that he's suspected of targeting minorities and underaged kids. Public officials need to be held to higher standards, especially those entrusted with any level of authority and the ability to ruin people's lives. |
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The office that prosecuted the convicted needs to make this right to them. They can not undo what has been done to them, but they should do everything they can. Or, a lesson will only be learned by the officer. While that is important, it is just as important that the people who unknowingly did their part to help with wrongful convictions, now do every thing they can to fix those who were wronged. If they do not jump at the chance to fix this and make it the absolute top priority, they would justly deserve really bad things happening to them. Everyone makes mistakes. When they do, you give them a chance to fix them. If they refuse, that is when the situation should get persuasive. |
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Quoted: I just don’t get it, there is so much actual crime that you don’t have to go out of your way to invent it. I would support enhanced sentencing guidelines that if done in the course of your official actions, the sentence automatically doubles. Our CSI head framed 3 different people (2 different cases) and did very little time. Easy. You get the drug convictions, without having to deal with druggies. |
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Quoted: apparently the settlement was 20-70k depending. If you lost your children, career, and job prospects, that is pretty pathetic. Because government is a magnet for axis II personality disorders. There's rarely a sense of responsibility, even when caught red handed. |
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Quoted: apparently the settlement was 20-70k depending. If you lost your children, career, and job prospects, that is pretty pathetic. I would take that money and split it between a civil rights lawyer and paying someone's books for ......minecraft. Fuck it. All for minecraft.
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Quoted: It happens when you are poor, and a cop lies. Never forget that. Quoted: Because his crime and conviction are too high profile in Florida, and he would get beaten, or worse, on a daily basis. In Hawaii, he is just another houle doing his time. Yep, I suspect a large amount of people that plead guilty know they aren’t. They just feel they don’t have much alternative. They probably get told if they plead guilty they’ll get a better deal and if they go to trial with a public defender, they’ll get a lot more prison time when they’re found guilty and most likely they will be. |
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Quoted: It happens when you are poor, and a cop lies. Never forget that. You don't know who this happened to, so let's not make assumptions. I'm surprised both of you didn't say poor black people. |