The review of cases involving former Jackson County Deputy Zachary Wester, who’s accused of planting street drugs on unsuspecting drivers, is growing to include Liberty County.

Jack Campbell, state attorney for the 2nd Judicial Circuit, said his office is reviewing dozens of cases involving Wester from his time at the Liberty County Sheriff’s Office. Wester worked in Liberty County from August 2015 until May 2016, when he joined the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office.

Wester, who is under investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, was fired from the Sheriff’s Office on Sept. 10. Over recent days, Glenn Hess, State Attorney for the 14th Judicial Circuit, has dropped charges in at least 48 cases that involved Wester. Convictions were vacated for a number of state prisoners, including five whom a judge ordered released immediately. In all, more than 250 cases in the 14th circuit are under review.

Campbell, who learned about the Wester investigation from Tallahassee Democrat coverage, said he asked for a review of his cases last week. So far, prosecutors in his office have found no pending cases involving Wester nor anyone in jail or prison as a result of one of his arrests. They have found one Wester-related case involving a person on probation.

“We’re still looking at the facts,” Campbell said. “Right now, what’s happening is the head of our Liberty County office is reviewing and accumulating all the data. These cases are old enough that we will have to be pulling them from warehouses and stuff to read the facts.”

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Campbell said dozens of cases are under review but couldn’t pinpoint an exact number. He declined to discuss his thoughts on the Wester investigation because he said he’s not yet familiar with all the facts.

“However, any time you have a person in a position of authority and responsibility like a law enforcement officer, we expect them to be of the highest integrity,” Campbell said. “And it’s damaging to all of us in law enforcement when that responsibility is betrayed.”

The Democrat has made multiple, unsuccessful attempts to reach Wester, 26, of Marianna. His lawyer, Steve Meadows of Panama City, told reporters last week he would not comment on the pending case. No charges have been filed.

Hess told the Democrat last week that he “lost confidence” in Wester after watching body camera footage from a traffic stop he conducted earlier this year. In the video, Wester can be seen with what appears to be a plastic baggie in his hand before starting to search a woman’s pickup truck. He later is seen confronting her with a plastic baggie of suspected methamphetamine.

Campbell said that the single Wester case found from his office involved someone on probation for a probation violation. He said it wasn’t yet clear whether Wester’s testimony was the controlling issue in the case.

“I could have a case where he was just sitting there and never did anything meaningful,” Campbell said. “I’m not going to drop that case or throw out that case just because he was in the vicinity of it.”

He suggested a different decision could come if any cases pop up based purely on Wester’s testimony or in which the former deputy did something wrong.

“But our review of his cases has not gotten to the point where we found one of those yet,” Campbell said.

Contact Jeff Burlew at jburlew@tallahassee.com or follow @JeffBurlew on Twitter.