MADISON (WKOW) — A former Dane County Sheriff's Office deputy entered a guilty plea for a misdemeanor charge following a 2021 investigation in Cross Plains.
Online court records show Sara Bortz-Rodriguez pleaded guilty Friday to a misdemeanor count of resisting and obstructing an officer, after an amended criminal complaint changed the charging language but not the charge itself.
Instead of receiving a sentence, Bortz-Rodriguez was referred to the Dane County Deferred Prosecution program.
Bortz-Rodriguez was charged in August, months after an investigation into her report of a stabbing at Festge Park in October 2021.
Bortz-Rodriguez claimed she was stabbed while on duty at Festge Park and fired her weapon at the suspect. Dane County Sheriff's Office spokesperson Elise Schaffer previously told 27 News a "separate internal investigation" found Bortz-Rodriguez's claims were "unfounded."
Bort-Rodriguez was terminated from the sheriff's office in November 2021.
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