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A Carroll County deputy who filed a whistleblower civil suit against the sheriff has been fired.Mobile videoJT Shaw said Sheriff Jamie Kinman gave him a termination letter around 9 a.m. Thursday morning.Kinman's attorney said Shaw was fired for just cause.Shaw said Kinman planted drugs in another deputy's car.Kinman was indicted Monday on charges of tampering with evidence and official misconduct.Shaw said he testified against Kinman in front of the grand jury."I hope the truth comes out, sir, and I can only hope that he will admit to what he's done," Shaw said.In the whistleblower lawsuit filed in August, Shaw claimed Kinman retaliated against him for speaking to state police.Confronting Shaw, giving him less desirable shifts and sending him on wild goose chases were among the retaliation claims Shaw made.Kinman's attorney, Jeff Mando, said Shaw's termination was not retaliation."Sheriff Kinman terminated JT Shaw today for multiple unexcused absences from work and insubordination," Mando said.Mando wouldn't elaborate on those reasons or address Kinman's criminal charges.In court filings, Kinman denied retaliating against Shaw earlier in the year for speaking to state police."It has absolutely nothing to do with that. And the fact that someone files a lawsuit doesn't give them a license not to appear for work and not to behave and act in an appropriate, professional manner," Mando said.Shaw said he has never been written up and denies missing work or being insubordinate."That's absolutely bogus. That's absolutely not true. I'm absolutely denying that," Shaw said.Carroll County Judge Executive Harold Tomlinson said the county, which is also named in the whistleblower lawsuit, has no plans or authority to intervene in Shaw's firing.Shaw ran for sheriff as a write-in candidate, losing to Kinman on Tuesday by less than 300 votes.Kinman is scheduled to be arraigned next week on charges stemming from Monday's indictment.