JULESBURG Co. - Carl Adams' father was once a sheriff's deputy in Florida. As a child he wanted to model himself after his father. At the age of 26 he was hired by the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Department. Suffice to say, he was excited.
Adams also takes pride in his service with the Army National Guard. He joined in 2005. When he started his job at the sheriff's department in January it seemed to be the best of both worlds. He would patrol the streets and roads of the county and once a month he would report for his duties and drills with the Guard. Those monthly drills, according to Adams, began to annoy Sheriff Delbert Ewoldt a few weeks after Adams started working.
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The month of May proved to be a pivotal time for Adams. It was during that month he was scheduled for a four-day drill. Being a new hire he was scheduled to work weekends. Adams says the department scheduled him to work that weekend, making no concessions for the drill. He decided to go to the drill.
"My choice was, whether I got the time off or not, I had to report to my unit. Everybody knows that if you're AWOL and don't go to your unit, you're going to jail, and then my job is in trouble anyway, so I had to go," said Adams.
When he returned, Adams says Undersheriff Randy Peck called him into his office and told him he was suspended without pay for failure to show up to work.
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