Edgewater Police Officer Placed on Leave Amid Investigation Into Arrest of CVS Employee

Edgewater police officer placed on leave amid investigation into arrest of CVS employee

An Edgewater police officer is currently on administrative leave following the arrest of a CVS employee.

Cop Arrests CVS Worker For Sitting While Waiting For His Lyft Driver

Edgewater, FL - A tired CVS worker wearing a hoodie and waiting for a Lyft was arrested after his shift by an Edgewater police officer for no apparent reason, according to body camera footage of the incident and the man's grandfather. "My grandson got off work at the CVS a couple of Saturday nights ago, and he was accosted, and he was arrested, and he spent 2-1/2 days in a county jail for absolutely doing nothing," Paul Wert said. Wert conveyed …

Edgewater Police Officer Daniel Rippeon accused of arresting CVS worker for no good reason

Paul Wert, 22, was arrested May 10 outside an Edgewater CVS where he had just gotten off work. He was threatened with a taser and police dog.