A man who has served as a Calhoun County Sheriff’s Deputy since 2008 has resigned amid rumors that he was having an inappropriate relationship with a woman while on duty.
Deputy Bobby Sims left his job Monday. He denies the allegation.
According to a statement from his office, Sheriff Glenn Kimbrel received a call that the deputy – who is married and has two children – was seeing someone during his shift.
When the sheriff questioned him, Sims assured him there was no validity to the rumors. But talk persisted, prompting the sheriff to ask his staff if they heard the rumors. One employee had.
When Sheriff Kimbrel questioned Sims a second time, he acknowledged that he had met with the woman while he was on duty but there was no sexual contact between them.
Sims submitted his resignation on Monday, which was effective immediately.