MONROE COUNTY, Fla. – Monroe County Sheriff Rick Ramsay fired a Middle Keys victim advocate Tuesday, immediately after the man was arrested by the Florida Highway Patrol in connection with a road rage case.
“This was a serious case that fortunately didn’t end with the loss of life,” Ramsay said in a statement. “My policy is to be transparent about positive incidents as well as negative incidents involving the Sheriff’s Office. As always, it’s important that you hear it from me first.”
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According to MCSO’s spokesman Adam Linhardt, Sever Hustad had been suspended without pay since the Feb. 22 incident, which involved the use of his Sheriff’s Office-owned vehicle.
Hustad faces charges of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and reckless driving with injury to a person or property.
FHP troopers arrested Hustad at his home in Homestead Tuesday morning. His bail has been set at $110,000.
Further details about the road rage incident were not released.
Linhardt said Hustad was hired by the Sheriff’s Office on April 6, 1999.