MajTroy Morgan told superiors that he’d drunk vodka to deal with the stress of the job, records show

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Fired Hillsborough sheriff’s major drank before work ‘to take the edge off,’ records show

Maj. Troy Morgan told superiors before he was fired last month that he’d drunk vodka that morning to deal with the stress of the job, records show. Read more. 

 
 

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