LARGO, Fla. — The Pinellas County sheriff on Wednesday said he fired five deputies after two separate incidents at the county jail.

Sheriff Bob Gualtieri used the words "horrible" and "reprehensible" when describing the conduct of the deputies.

In one incident, according to the sheriff, a woman who was under arrest for disorderly intoxication was in a jail cell with no toilet. She tried to urinate into a drain and in the process exposed her buttocks on camera, the sheriff said.

Gualtieri said a lieutenant, sergeant, corporal and deputy displayed the photo, laughed about it, texted it to others, sent it out on Facebook and even showed it to the woman herself.

The four deputies fired in that incident were: Lt. Jason Franjesevic, Sgt. Keri-Lyn Colosimo, Cpl. Emmanuel Nomikos and Deputy Ka

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