“Frank, why is it that the guys that actually get the work done always get screwed in the schedule? Always messing with the Dillon Deputies. Look at the numbers, the Dillon Deputies carry the case load and two of us actually get our work done. I won’t be at the (squad) meeting.”

Miles, along with other deputies, is a “Dillon Deputy,” meaning his area of coverage includes the city.

The conflict between Kluesner and Miles escalated after that. Miles reportedly lived across the street from Kluesner when the two were boys. The Dillon Tribune reported last fall that Miles was also Kluesner’s best man at his first wedding. According to the Tribune's story, Miles said he had always communicated freely via text messages and phone calls with Kluesner.

But according to the Bureau’s report, the relationship between Kluesner and Miles deteriorated after Kluesner became sheriff and text messages between the two were “infrequent and transactional.”

Kluesner believed the text message to be insubordinate. Miles called Kluesner a short time later on Kluesner’s day off, according to the report, and allegedly spoke angrily to Kluesner, saying he would involve lawyers if Kluesner took action against him. Kluesner considered the phone call to be a threat.