Allegations listed in the divorce complaint filed and then withdrawn by Heather DeWees, the elected clerk of the Carroll County Circuit Court, against her husband, elected Carroll County Sheriff James T. “Jim” DeWees, have raised ethics questions.

The divorce record, filed in late October and withdrawn Thursday, accused the sheriff of being a “prolific adulterer” who “slept with” deputies and staff in the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office, which Jim DeWees supervises. The sheriff previously told The Sun that the allegations are “ridiculous and unsubstantiated.” Nancy Modesitt, a professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law who specializes in employment law, said if there were any romantic relationships between Jim DeWees and his staff in the Sheriff’s Office, there would be a clea

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