COLUMBIA COUNTY, Fla — A Columbia County family of four accused of abusing children and treating them like slaves was released from jail Friday after having their charges dropped, according to court and jail records.

Brian Griffeth, his wife, Jill, and their two adult children, Dallin and Liberty, have been freed from jail after facing allegations of child abuse. Brian, Dallin and Liberty were each charged with one count of aggravated child abuse, while Jill was charged with three counts of aggravated child abuse.

John Durrett, state attorney for the Third Judicial Circuit of Florida, explained in a notice that in several depositions in which Florida Department of Children and Families employees were interviewed, there was a series of "blame shifting, finger pointing, and outright deni

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