Alabama Sheriff Fired Two Deputies For Not Getting Him Pot For His Dying Aunt

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Two former Winston County deputies say Sheriff Hobby Walker fired them after they refused to give him marijuana form the evidence room last year. Now they're suing him for wrongful termination.

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According to a lawsuit filed on Jan. 13, former deputies Zak Green and Steven Moody said Walker asked them multiple times to get him marijuana for his cancer-stricken aunt.

These requests allegedly began on May 20, 2015 after Green confiscated marijuana during a search warrant execution. He said Walker put the seized drugs in a drawer and asked Green to get him more.

"Sheriff Walker advised that it was not for himself but for his aunt that was dying of cancer and needed the marijuana to help her with her appetite," the lawsuit alleges.

Green and Moody say Walker asked them multiple times for more marijuana after that. During this time, they alleged the sheriff tried getting marijuana during other law enforcement eradication but was having difficulty getting it.

The pair said they later contacted authorities, including the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency, state attorney general's office, and FBI. Their attorney, Jay Stover of Gadsden, said one of the cooperating agencies advised them to record some of their conversations.

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