FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. — The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office reported that Sheriff Rick Staly was injured in a drug house raid and is expected to undergo surgery Friday.
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In April 2022, Staly joined members of the FCSO Special Investigations Unit and FCSO SWAT team to serve a narcotics search warrant in the Mondex area of Flagler County.
During the raid, Staly hyperextended his left knee and has since been under a physician’s care.
When improvements were not occurring, an MRI revealed a 3 mm tear in the meniscal cartilage of his left knee. Staly is scheduled for outpatient surgery on July 1 to repair the injury.
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“As the community knows, I’m not a sheriff that sits behind a desk and never will be,” Staly said. “Sometimes injuries occur to deputies enforcing the law, even to the sheriff. This is a minor outpatient procedure with a quick recovery.”
Staly will be placed under anesthesia for a very brief time, during which Chief of Staff Mark Strobridge will be acting sheriff in the event that a critical incident occurs in Flagler County.