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And quite a rococo Dukes of Hazzard plot at that.

From the Republic:

A dismissed Department of Public Safety officer alleges he lost his job after his romance with the daughter of DPS Director Robert Halliday went badly.

But the state says Geoff Jacobs had a history of professional misconduct, and his writing of a fake obituary about a different ex-girlfriend that was used to take yet another woman on a tropical vacation ultimately got him fired.

The story, with its Sarah Palinesque echoes, gets better:

The soap-operalike controversy, detailed in a federal lawsuit, centers on a relationship Jacobs, who was officially dismissed in April after more than seven years with DPS, had with Ami Halliday. The two had a tumultuous relationship, and the suit says Ami Halliday alleged that Jacobs secretly videotaped her and posted videos on the Internet, that his roommate pointed a gun at her and that Jacobs assaulted another woman. Glendale police investigated her claims but could not substantiate them, and Jacobs was not charged.

The full story, an entertaining read with the requisite car wrecks and a full explanation of the fake obituary scam, is here.