Franklin “Ray” Bodden

Deadly force

Tipped off that Bodden might be carrying a large amount of marijuana, a county deputy and a rookie in plainclothes pulled him and his motorcycle passenger over on the roadside. After a bit of conversation among the four men the passenger dropped a pill, bent over to retrieve it, and the deputy detected Bodden reaching for a shiny cylindrical object in his pocket. He was fatally shot in the chest. The object was a tightly wrapped bag of marijuana. Bodden was unarmed.