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Judge Denies Gag Order Against Police Chief After Sex Sting Arrests

Posted: 8:17 am EST December 18, 2007Updated: 9:44 am EST December 18, 2007

A judge denied a request to put Daytona Beach's outspoken police chief under a gag order.


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The defense attorney for former city commissioner Michael Shallow filed the request. He said police chief Mike Chitwood's comments could keep his client from getting a fair trial.

Shallow and eight others were arrested last month in a sex sting at a men's room at the Volusia Mall.

At a press conference after the sting, chief Chitwood referred to the suspects as "scumbags."

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