By: Eyewitness News March 10, 2013
Tallahassee, FL- A Tallahassee Police Department Spokesperson has confirmed that one Leon County Sheriff officer was involved in a car accident Saturday afternoon on Highway 20 in Tallahassee.
No serious injuries were reported.
We will have more information as it becomes available.
Our Tallahassee Police Department Insiders Have Notified The Tallahassee O Today That Chief Dennis Jones Did An Application And Hopes To Be Leaving The Tallahassee Police Department As Chief Of Police Soon. He Wants To Go To The Smyrna Police Department As Their Police Chief.
We say Good Riddance Moron! You Screwed Up Daytona Beach and Tallahassee Already…Smyrna Will Have The Same Crappy Public Service Based On History!
Posted: Thu 12:18 PM, Mar 14, 2013 | WCTV.Tv
Reporter: Julie Montanaro; Tallahassee Police Department Email
By: Julie Montanaro
March 14, 2013
Tallahassee, FL – A grand jury presentment blasts the Tallahassee Police Department for its handling of a shooting on Misty Garden Circle in January.
A plain clothes officer’s car was shot up; there were about a dozen bulllet holes in his car and two men have been arrested for trying to kill him.
The grand jury says TPD was outside the city limits and outside of its jurisdiction that night and did not follow its own policies for notifying the Sheriff’s Office.
It even called for law enforcement in the county to be conslidated under the sheriff.
WCTV will have reaction coming up tonight on Eyewitness News.
Press Release: Tallahassee Police Department
Please see the below message from Chief Dennis Jones:
On January 12, 2013, Officers from the Tallahassee Police Department were gathering information concerning a group of suspected burglars. The activities started within the City limits with information then leading officers to a location in the county, near 2824 Misty Garden Circle, just outside of the city limits. One of our officers had exited his vehicle in an attempt to determine the location of a suspicious vehicle when he heard a noise coming from that residence. The officer got into his unmarked car and drove to that location ultimately leading to shots being fired at the officer by two suspects. The Leon County Sheriff’s Office conducted the criminal investigation and charges were filed for attempted homicide of the police officer.
Beyond the criminal case, the State Attorney chose to take the case to the grand jury over the issue of mutual aid and whether the officer was working outside the city limits. I received a copy of the grand jury report last evening. From an administrative standpoint, I initiated an internal affairs investigation on February 11, 2013, after the grand jury approved the second degree murder charges against the suspects, so that I would have all the facts concerning the criminal charges. The purpose of our internal affairs investigation is to determine if department policies and procedures were followed. We will dedicate as much time as is needed to interview the more than 25 TPD and Sheriff’s Office employees connected to this incident. Once the internal investigation is complete, I will fully consider the recommendations of the Grand Jury in making any changes to policies or procedures that are deemed necessary.
Since my appointment as chief, the Tallahassee Police Department and the Leon County Sheriff’s Office have worked extremely well together. I anticipate that our close working relationship will continue as we both work to help ensure the safety of citizens in our community.
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Posted: Thursday, March 14, 2013 10:24 am | Updated: 12:23 pm, Thu Mar 14, 2013 | WTXL.Com
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — An internal affairs investigation involving two local law enforcement agencies is underway following a shooting in the Misty Garden Circle area, according to Tallahassee Police Chief Dennis Jones.
The shooting happened January 2013. An investigation into a suspected burglary ring lead Tallahassee police officers to an area just outside of city limits and into the Leon County Sheriff’s Office’s jurisdiction. Two of the suspects shot at one of the officers, who was in an unmarked car.
An arrest was made and charges were filed in that criminal investigation handled by the Leon County Sheriff’s Office. However, Chief Jones says the State Attorney has chosen to take the issue of whether or not the TPD officer was working outside city limits to a grand jury.
Chief Jones says that since February 11, he has performed an internal affairs investigation of the entire department to see if they followed proper procedures and policies in that case. He says that they will continue to take the time to speak with all 25 LCSO and TPD employees involved in that Misty Garden Circle incident.
Chief Jones says that he received the grand jury report on Wednesday evening; and, once the internal investigation is complete, he will fully consider their recommendations on any changes that need to be made to policies and procedures.
“Since my appointment as chief, the Tallahassee Police Department and the Leon County Sheriff’s Office have worked extremely well together,” Chief Jones writes in a press release. “I anticipate that our close working relationship will continue as we both work to help ensure the safety of citizens in our community.”
TPD Presentment misty garden circle
UPDATED By Julie Montanaro March 14, 2013
A grand jury blasted the Tallahassee Police Department for sending an officer beyond the city limits the night two men opened fire on his unmarked car.
The grand jury says TPD didn’t follow its own rules that night.
It recommended a long list of changes and solving the problem altogether by consolidating law enforcement under the sheriff.
Two men are accused of opening fire on a Tallahassee Police officer’s car on Misty Garden Circle back in January. It was hit 12 times.
A new grand jury presentment said the TPD officer knowingly went outside his jurisdiction, took action and never notified the Leon County Sheriff’s Office as required by a mutual aid agreement.
“This is being investigated by our Internal Affairs division at this point so to speak about the case and the specifics of it, I’m not going to be able to do that,” TPD Spokesman Dave Northway said.
The grand jury report indicates the Tallahassee Police officer was watching a suspicious vehicle and ultimately heard what he thought was a burglary in progress. When he went to get a closer look, the report says, he wound up on a dead end street under fire.
The grand jury report said officers never notified their watch commander and when TPD lieutenants were later asked what he was doing there, the sheriff says TPD couldn’t offer a straight answer.
“They told my people they were there as part of the federal task force, with the U.S. Marshals task force, the U.S Marshals Service said they weren’t. They said they were there as part of the ATF task force, the ATF says they weren’t. They were trying to legitimize the fact that they were operating outside their jurisdiction,” Campbell said.
The grand jury further criticized TPD for not beginning an internal investigation right away and contends as of Wednesday it had not interviewed anyone. It called that “cavalier and incompetent.”
TPD denies that. Northway says it waited for LCSO to finish its criminal investigation which resulted in two men being arrested and charged with attempted murder.
“Once the criminal case is complete they will begin to do an internal investigation,” Northway said.
The grand jury report said “We believe TPD was negligent in their failure to comply with the mutual aid agreement and the result is that a police officer was almost killed and a community was unnecessarily put in danger.
And as for the grand jury recommendation that TPD and LCSO consolidate under the sheriff … a police spokesman says that is up to citizens to decide.
“In the past they have voted on this same topic, and each time we’ve had what we have now. which is the choice to be able to choose,” Northway said. “That is not for the police department or anyone else to decide, it’s for the constituents, the citizens to make that choice.”
Tallahassee Police did not have a time line for completing its internal affairs investigation. We’ll let you know when they do and what if any changes they decide to make.
UPDATED By: Julie Montanaro March 14, 2013
Tallahassee, FL – A grand jury presentment blasts the Tallahassee Police Department for its handling of a shooting on Misty Garden Circle in January.
A plain clothes officer’s car was shot up; there were about a dozen bullet holes in his car and two men have been arrested for trying to kill him.
The grand jury says TPD was outside the city limits and outside of its jurisdiction that night and did not follow its own policies for notifying the Sheriff’s Office.
It even called for law enforcement in the county to be consolidated under the sheriff.
WCTV will have reaction coming up tonight on Eyewitness News.
UPDATED March 14, 2013
Press Release: Tallahassee Police Department
Please see the below message from Chief Dennis Jones:
On January 12, 2013, Officers from the Tallahassee Police Department were gathering information concerning a group of suspected burglars. The activities started within the City limits with information then leading officers to a location in the county, near 2824 Misty Garden Circle, just outside of the city limits. One of our officers had exited his vehicle in an attempt to determine the location of a suspicious vehicle when he heard a noise coming from that residence. The officer got into his unmarked car and drove to that location ultimately leading to shots being fired at the officer by two suspects. The Leon County Sheriff’s Office conducted the criminal investigation and charges were filed for attempted homicide of the police officer.
Beyond the criminal case, the State Attorney chose to take the case to the grand jury over the issue of mutual aid and whether the officer was working outside the city limits. I received a copy of the grand jury report last evening. From an administrative standpoint, I initiated an internal affairs investigation on February 11, 2013, after the grand jury approved the second degree murder charges against the suspects, so that I would have all the facts concerning the criminal charges. The purpose of our internal affairs investigation is to determine if department policies and procedures were followed. We will dedicate as much time as is needed to interview the more than 25 TPD and Sheriff’s Office employees connected to this incident. Once the internal investigation is complete, I will fully consider the recommendations of the Grand Jury in making any changes to policies or procedures that are deemed necessary.
Since my appointment as chief, the Tallahassee Police Department and the Leon County Sheriff’s Office have worked extremely well together. I anticipate that our close working relationship will continue as we both work to help ensure the safety of citizens in our community.
UPDATED By Julie Montanaro February 13, 2013
A second man has been arrested and accused of opening fire on an undercover police officer’s car.
18 year old Demario Paramore is now facing attempted murder charges too.
He and Deandre Ross are accused of firing at least 12 shots into an unmarked Tallahassee police car.
Neighbors on Misty Garden Circle were awakened by the gunfire back on January 12th.
The officer in the car managed to drive away. He was struck only by flying glass.
The grand jury is still reviewing the case, including why the officer was outside the city limits that night.
UPDATED By Julie Montanaro February 8, 2013
A Leon County grand jury is reviewing a shooting in which a police officer’s car was riddled with bullets.
It happened January 12th on Misty Garden Circle. Two men are accused of opening fire on a Tallahassee Police officer’s unmarked car. It was struck 12 times, but he was not hit and survived with minor injuries from flying grass.
This week, prosecutors say, a grand jury started to review possible charges in the case and discuss why the officer was outside the city limits at the time.
It heard nine hours of testimony Thursday and will reconvene next week for more testimony.
Tallahassee, FL – A Tallahassee police officer is lucky to be alive tonight after two men fired at least a dozen bullets into his car.
It happened at about midnight, this past Saturday, on Misty Garden Circle. Leon County Sheriff’s deputies say the police officer heard what he thought was a burglary in progress and showed up in an unmarked car to investigate.
He soon came under fire by two men.
Neighbors say they heard 15 to 20 shots.
Justin Batt, Neighbor that Heard Shooting, stated, “everyone in the house was just you know curious to know what was going on, so we all stood outside and then about 15 or 16 cop cars pulled up and they started tellin’ us everything that was going on.”
21 year old, Deandre Ross, is accused of attempted murder and shooting into an occupied vehicle.
Deputies say Ross had no idea the man in the truck was a police officer. Deputies are still looking for a second shooter. So far, Tallahassee Police have no comment on the case.
UPDATED 1.15.2013 by Julie Montanaro
A Tallahassee police officer is lucky to be alive tonight after two men fired at least a dozen bullets into his car.
It happened at about midnight Saturday on Misty Garden Circle. Leon County Sheriff’s deputies say the police officer heard what he thought was a burglary in progress and showed up in an unmarked car to investigate.
He soon came under fire by two men.
Neighbors say they heard 15 to 20 shots and sent us pictures of the officer’s truck with bullet holes in it.
“The officer sustained some minor injuries from broken glass and debris flying around the vehicle. The vehicle was shot at multiple times. We’ve confirmed the vehicle was hit at least twelve,” LCSO Spokesman James McQuaig said.
21 year old Deandre Ross is accused of attempted murder and shooting into an occupied vehicle. Deputies say Ross had no idea the man in the truck was a police officer.
They say moments earlier someone had broken into Ross’s home and stolen a safe. His girlfriend called 911.
Deputies are still looking for a second shooter.
Tallahassee Police so far have no comment on the case.
Leon County Sheriff’s Office Release: LCSO Investigating Shooting Incident on Misty Garden Circle
At 11:45 p.m. on January 12, 2012, a Tallahassee Police Officer investigating an unrelated incident heard what he believed to be a burglary in progress in the area of the 2800 block of Misty Garden Circle.
The officer drove his unmarked police vehicle onto Misty Garden Circle in an attempt to locate signs of an obvious burglary so he could report it. As the officer checked the area he observed a silver vehicle following him. He also observed two males walking on opposite sides of Misty Garden Circle.
The officer perceived this to be a dangerous situation and radioed for assistance. As he arrived in front of 2824 Misty Garden Circle, a black male jumped into the roadway. The officer veered his vehicle to the left and drove around the man, who was observed lifting his shirt and pulling a handgun from his waist. As the officer continued, the man fired multiple shots at the officer’s vehicle.
At 11:52 p.m., the Leon County Sheriff’s Office received a residential burglary report at 2824 Misty Garden Circle. During the call, Antwanette Faust reported that several males had just broken into her residence and removed a large safe.
Responding deputies were initially unable to locate any victims at 2824 Misty Garden Circle, but did observe evidence of a recent burglary. When Detectives located Faust, she reported calling her boyfriend, Deandre Ross, and then 911. Shortly after the 911 call, she heard multiple gunshots, disconnected the phone and fled the area on foot.
Detectives with the Violent Crimes and Crime Scene units responded to the scene and are investigating both the burglary and the shooting. Detectives canvassed the area collecting witness statements and conducting interviews while Crime Scene Detectives processed crime scenes and collected forensic evidence.
Detectives also learned that after the shooting took place, two vehicles were observed fleeing the area at a high rate of speed. Detectives confirmed there was at least one additional person shooting at the vehicle.
On January 14, 2013, Deandre M. Ross, who lives at 2824 Misty Garden Circle, was interviewed at the Leon County Sheriff’s Office in reference to this incident. Detectives confirmed that Ross had arrived home between the time of the burglary and the time the officer arrived on Misty Garden Circle.
Subsequent to this interview, Ross was arrested and taken to the Leon County Jail.
The officer’s vehicle was struck 12 times by shots fired during this incident. The officer did receive minor injuries from flying glass. This investigation is continuing and additional arrests are likely.
Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Leon County Sheriff’s Office at (850) 922-3300 or Crime Stoppers at (850) 574-TIPS (8477). Remember, Crime Stoppers does not want your name, just your information. You could be eligible for up to a $1,000.00 reward.
Tallahassee Police Chief Dennis Jones has applied for the chief of police position at the New Smyrna Beach Police Department.
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Written by Sean Rossman | Democrat staff writer
Tallahassee Police Chief Dennis Jones has applied for the chief of police position in New Smyrna Beach to be closer to his family.
Jones would not comment on his job prospects but David Northway, spokesman for the Tallahassee Police Department, said the police chief would like to move back to the New Smyrna Beach area, where he is originally from.
He is one of more than 150 applicants for the position, said Northway. If he’s chosen for the position, Jones would be leaving his $133,484 annual salary.
Before becoming police chief in May 2007, Jones served as chief of police at the Daytona Beach Police Department before retiring in 2006.
He spent more than 20 years with DBPD, where he also served as the Emergency Management Coordinator for the City of Daytona Beach.
When asked whether Jones’ pursuit of the position was connected to a current internal investigation involving an officer operating outside their jurisdiction, Northway said there was no connection.
“It is not connected to this investigation in any way, shape or form,” said Northway.
The Leon County Grand Jury released a report on March 13, 2013 addressing a January 12, 2013 incident in which two subjects shot at an unmarked police vehicle driven by a Tallahassee Police Department (TPD) officer. The Grand Jury recommended that the State Attorney prosecute the two persons that shot at the police officer and also elected to further review the circumstances that led to the shooting.
More specifically, the Grand Jury investigated whether, when this incident occurred, TPD officers were outside their jurisdiction in violation of the Mutual Aid Agreement between TPD and the Leon County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO).
The incident occurred on the night of January 12, 2013 and involved the investigation of a burglary that resulted in 25 shots being fired, with 12 hitting a TPD officer’s car. The investigation and shooting took place outside of the city limits.
The report stated that the “TPD was negligent in their failure to comply with the Mutual Aid Agreement. And the result is that a police officer was almost killed and a community was unnecessarily put in danger. TPD should have requested mutual aid before they set foot outside their jurisdiction.”
In addition, the Grand Jury was less than impressed with TPD’s internal response when notified it would take over 45 days to render any findings. “It is astonishing we (Grand Jury) could conduct an investigation and render this Presentment after less than twelve hours work, yet an agency that specializes in investigations cannot get the job done in four months. It appears…that the union contract between TPD and the Police Benevolent Association is at least partly to blame for this delay.” The Grand Jury goes on to describe TPD’s review of this matter as “careless, uncaring, cavalier, and incompetent.”
The report made several recommendations that would make the Mutual Aid Agreement more workable. However, their final recommendation, “the consolidation of TPD and LCSO into one agency led by the Leon County Sheriff” reflects the Grand Jury’s final finding: “we have little confidence that the issues articulated in this report will be properly addressed by TPD.”
View Report: GJ Presentment 2013
According to Atty. Don Pumphrey
By Mike Springer
March 22, 2013
Tallahassee, FL- Attorneys for an Olympian and an FSU track member caught up in a shooting incident say their client is innocent and they have the evidence to prove it.
Surveillance footage taken from a night club is what attorney Don Pumphrey Jr. says proves client, Joshua Mance, is innocent.
The video shows Mance using a passport to enter the Moon just after midnight on his twenty-first birthday. Proof Pumphrey says shows Mance had no reason to carry a fake ID.
“The Tallahassee Police Department needs to issue a letter of apology to this young man and they need to do a further investigation,” said Don Pumphrey Jr of the Law Firm of Pumphrey and Prince.
Police arrested Mance after shots were fired near the Campus Walk Apartments. He’s charged with resisting arrest without violence and having a fake ID. Charges Mance denies. He says the only IDs he had on him at the time were his passport and student ID. IDs which this video shows Mance using just hours before to get into a club.
“They don’t know what belongs to who and they just falsely put that identification on me,” said Mance.
Mance also took a lie detector test administered by the former chief examiner for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. He passed. Mance says the charges have tarnished his reputation as an Olympic athlete.
“It’s done a lot of damage to my name. More than anything I just want the truth to be out,” said Mance.
Mance’s teammate Stephen Newbold was also arrested for the incident. Both men have been suspended from the FSU track team.
The state attorney’s office has declined to comment at this time until all the evidence is received.
By: Garin Flowers
March 22, 2013
Tallahassee, FL – By now, there are reports all over the world that a FSU athlete and Olympian was arrested.
Ronell Mance, who goes by Josh, competed in the London games and won a silver medal on the U.S. 4×400 track team.
He’s now facing charges after being arrested with another teammate, he says with no justification.
“As they arrested me, they said I was resisting arrest, which I can say I was not resisting arrest, no way, shape or form,” Mance said.
“I completely complied and so did the rest of the group while we were being apprehended by the cops.”
Tallahassee Police arrested Mance and teammate Stephen Newbold after receiving reports of gunshots hear near the Campus Walk apartments.
When police arrived, the arrest report said Newbold ran, but was later caught by a K-9 dog.
Police patted down the other men they stopped. They said Mance resisted arrest as they tried to search him while he was on the ground.
They said on him was a fake ID, belonging to Newbold, that had an altered date. Mance said police got confused with what belonged to who, especially since he didn’t need the ID.
“On my 21st birthday, why would I have a fake ID? It makes no sense,” he said.
“The person that was on the ID was a light skin guy with dreads and as you can see, I’m dark skinned with short hair.”
Mance’s lawyers didn’t mind him speaking out about the incident.
“It’s not that the cops are bad guys or that they’re bad cops, it’s just that they made assumptions and from the moment they made an assumption the entire investigation was tainted,” said Nate Prince, Mance’s lawyer.
Mance transferred from USC in California to FSU. He has only been in Tallahassee since January.
“All I want is justice and to prove that I’m innocent in all this so people know the truth behind everything. Because something as simple as a mistaken identification card that wasn’t in the posession of myself being taken this far is crazy to me,” Mance said.
Mance’s lawyers said he is a good person and represented his country well in the Olympics. They plan to find more evidence in his favor and hope prosecutors drop the case.
As of now, he has been suspended from the track team, according to FSU’s athletic director.
Read the original story, with the probable cause here:
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA – Adam Arnold, 44, of Tallahassee, was sentenced to serve 108 months in federal prison yesterday for receiving and distributing child pornography. Arnold was working as an information technology technician at Buck Lake Elementary School when he was arrested on September 13, 2012.
The case began when an internet service provider alerted law enforcement to illicit images being sent to and from Arnold’s home computer. A search warrant revealed approximately 15,000 child pornography images hidden in Arnold’s personal computer. Arnold admitted that he was posting and receiving child pornography through a website based in Russia.
The Court reviewed 49 pages of victim impact statements filed on behalf of approximately two dozen children who were depicted in the seized images. The court commented that their injuries were substantial and long-lasting.
In addition to the nine years of incarceration, United States District Judge Robert L. Hinkle imposed a life term of supervised release. While on supervised release, Arnold must register as a sex offender, must seek counseling as a sex offender, and must submit to searches of his computer and other property by his probation officer. Judge Hinkle also ordered that all of the computer equipment and electronic media seized be forfeited to the United States.
U.S. Attorney Marsh expressed her gratitude to Homeland Security Investigations, the Leon County Sheriff’s Office, and the Tallahassee Police Department, whose joint work led to the successful investigation and prosecution. She added: “The safety and well-being of our children is a top priority for the Department of Justice. Our office will continue to aggressively prosecute these cases to protect the community and children, who are our most innocent victims.”
Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael T. Simpson prosecuted this case.
UPDATED 10.11.2012 by Julie Montanaro
A former computer support technician at Buck Lake Elementary is now facing more than 100 felonies. His bond tops half a million dollars.
Adam Arnold was arrested in September after deputies say they found pictures of children engaged in sex acts on his home computer.
Arnold was initially charged with 34 counts of child porn possession and cruelty toward children.
Now after investigators have had a chance to examine his computers they have filed 100 more charges against Arnold.
Arrest papers say he had an account on a Russian web site and on line photo album called “Friends Kids.”
The judge ordered him to stay away from all children including his own. Bond is set at more than half a million dollars.
[UPDATE] Tallahassee, FL – September 13, 2012
A letter sent to parents from Buck Lake Elementary School Principal, Eydie Tricquet, regarding the arrest of Leon County School employee Adam Arnold:
Dear Parents,
We received information that one of our employees, Mr. Adam Arnold was arrested today. Below is a statement released by the Leon county School district concerning the arrest:
“LCS was notified today of the arrest of employee Adam Arnold,. Mr. Arnold was hired in July of 2012 as a Computer Support Tech. At the time of hire, Mr. Arnold’s background reflected no prior arrests. Based on the information received, Mr. Arnold has been terminated immediately from his position as a non-instructional Computer Support Tech at Buck Lake Elementary School.”
The incidents that lead to the arrest occurred off campus. I want to assure you at no time were our children in any danger.
Please remember our children’s safety is the number one priority.
Eydie Tricquet
Principal
Buck Lake Elementary
1600 Pedrick Road
Tallahassee, FL 32317
850-488-6133
[UPDATE] Tallahassee, FL – September 13, 2012- 4:40pm
LCS was notified today of the arrest of employee Adam Arnold. Mr. Arnold was hired in July of 2012 as a Computer Support Tech. At the time of hire, Mr. Arnold’s background reflected no prior arrests. Based on the information received, Mr. Arnold has been terminated immediately from his position as a non-instructional Computer Support Tech at Bucklake Elementary School.
Tallahassee, FL – September 13, 2012
On September 4, 2012, the Leon County Sheriff’s Internet Crimes against Children Unit received information from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children concerning a suspect who had recently transmitted a number of computer files depicting children engaged in sexual acts.
On September 13, 2012, the North Florida Internet Crimes against Children Task Force, including the Leon County Sheriff’s Office, Tallahassee Police Department, ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) executed a search warrant at the residence. During the search, task force members located numerous digital files containing child pornography being stored on computers at the residence. The homeowner, Adam Wade Arnold, was interviewed and subsequently arrested after acknowledging his involvement in this investigation.
Arnold was taken to the Leon County Jail.
This evening, the Tallahassee Police Department will be hosting two safety and sobriety checkpoints in the Tallahassee area.The first checkpoint will run from 8:30pm until 9:30pm and will be in the 200 block of Chapel Drive.The second checkpoint will be held from 10:30pm until 11:30pm and will be in the 600 block of West Gaines Street.
The checkpoints are used for the purpose of detecting drivers who are too impaired to operate a motor vehicle, vehicles with faulty equipment, and those drivers operating a vehicle without a valid license. The checkpoints will be well marked by signage, marked patrol vehicles, and uniformed officers. The checkpoints are designed to have a minimal impact on traffic flow and to save lives.
The Tallahassee Police Department reminds you, “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over”.
Posted: Monday, June 17, 2013 8:52 am | Updated: 9:13 am, Mon Jun 17, 2013.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Officials with the Tallahassee Police Department are offering tips for local residents to help prevent a crime called Tallahassee’s “million-dollar problem—” auto burglaries.
Auto burglaries are also called a “crime of opportunity,” according to Tallahassee police, because the victim provides the burglar with the prospect by leaving their window unlocked or their door open. In fact, police say that most property stolen is left in plain view, where anyone walking by the car can see it.
Police say thieves target any items of value, but cases show they prefer cash, loose change, CDs, wallets, purses, cell phones, radar detectors, radios, speakers, and cassette tapes. Most burglaries occur at night, but many thieves target vehicles parked in parking lots while their owners are at work, in class, or shopping. They know it’s going to be a long time before the owner returns to their car and the likelihood of being caught is low.
Police offer the following tops to keep residents’ cars from becoming targets for burglars:
If you become the victim of a car burglary, police urge you to take the following steps:
Press Release: Tallahassee Police Department
Auto Burglary is considered a crime of opportunity.
Who provides the burglar with the opportunity? The victim provides the burglar with the opportunity by leaving their vehicle unlocked or their window open. Most property stolen is left in plain view where anyone walking by the car can see it lying there.
What are their favorite targets? Anything of value. The property most preferred is cash or loose change that is left in the console or ashtray of the vehicle. They also like CD’s, wallets, purses, cellular phones, radar detectors, radios, speakers, and cassette tapes.
When do auto burglaries occur? Most auto burglaries occur at night while the vehicle is parked outside the victim’s residence. Some burglars also target vehicles that are parked in parking lots while their owners are at work, in class, or shopping. They know it’s going to be a long time before the owner returns to their car and the likelihood of being caught is low.
What can I do to keep from being the victim of an auto burglary? Park your car in a garage or parking lot that is supervised by an attendant. Park your car in well-lit areas away from places of concealment, such as alleys and behind bushes. Close your windows and lock your doors. Never hide a key in one of those magnetic key boxes, because if you can find it, so can a burglar. Take your valuables with you when you leave your car or lock them in the trunk out of sight.
What should I do if I find my car has been burglarized? Report anyone that is seen trying door handles, looking in cars or loitering in the parking lot. If the burglary is in progress Call 911. They call taker will ask you who you are and where you are calling from. Then they will ask you to describe the suspect (race, sex, height, weight and clothing description). If the burglary has already occurred Call TPD’s non-emergency number at 891-4200. Do not get inside of the car to see what’s missing because you may be destroying evidence needed to catch the burglar.
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On Monday – July 15th, 2013, Officer Mike Dilmore Of The Tallahassee Police Department was being deposed by civil rights attorney Marie Mattox in a deposition in the federal case of Rob Brayshaw V. Annette Garrett. Annette Garrett was a full-time police officer of 25 years with the Tallahassee Police Department until her retirement of July 1st, 2013.
The deposition involved questioning by Attorney Marie Mattox to Annette Garrett (Prior Full-time Badge #640), Officer Mike Dilmore (Badge #694) and Sgt. George Creamer, Jr. (Badge #0236). The case involves Annette Garrett violating the civil rights of Rob Brayshaw by removing postings on Wikipedia.com that were posted on the Tallahassee Police Department’s Wikipedia Page For Open Discussions By The Public. It was admitted by Officer Annette Garrett that she did indeed remove postings from Wikipedia posted by Rob Brayshaw (After A Federal Order Existed From Federal Judge Richard Smoak Upholding The Constitutional Rights Of Rob Brayshaw for an Unconstitutional Law And False Arrest) At The Deposition. In Fact, It Was Sgt. George Creamer Jr. Who Was Working Tallahassee Police Internal Affairs that was searching the internet for negative opinions of Tallahassee Police Officers resulting in him contacting Officer Annette Garrett with their TPD emails together. George Creamer, Jr. contacted Officer Annette Garrett about 4 Am in the morning by TPD email in March 2011 which makes you wonder if they were having a “love affair” between two cops. It’s very strange that an Internal Affairs Supervisor would have this type of relation with an Officer in sending this such type of email. A Story was posted about this exchange in the Sunshine News regarding open government. Please see this story: http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/story/is-tallahassee-police-department-violating-city-watchdogs-free-speech
At The Deposition, Attorney Marie Mattox asked Officer Mike Dilmore about his home address and he stated that he had moved from his last known address. He said that he wouldn’t give his newer home address or the date of when he moved. This is while being a public servant still working as a police officer and paid by tax payer’s dollars. It’s still surprising that we have such police officers with badges working in florida that always seem to forget that they are public servants like Dilmore should be. Unfortunately, Florida has many police officers with badges that want a “secret society” like that of Nazi, Germany to help protect them from responsibility, accountability and transparency with the Tallahassee’s Blue Wall Of Silence in which Officer’s protect each other like the brotherhood of the mafia.
Attorney Marie Mattox asked why Officer Dilmore refused to give his home address and he stated that Citizen Rob Brayshaw had mailed some materials to his home in the past. It seems that he was referring to the federal court order mailed to him in which it was shown by Federal Judge Richard Smoak that Dilmore made a false arrest warrant based upon an unconstitutional law that never even legally applied. Or, it could have been the federal lawsuit that was mailed to Officer Mike Dilmore For Various Civil Rights Violations To Brayshaw. Rob Brayshaw had never threatened anyone including Officer Mike Dilmore or his family. He strictly wanted his public servant as paid by tax payer’s dollars to conform to the laws instead of making bogus police reports and lying about facts and circumstances to a case just to get an arrest warrant for Dilmore being a biased officer with a badge involved in selective prosecutions. People publish home addresses and write letters everyday in America which is one of the most fundamental rights that we have in this country. It’s unbelievable that the Tallahassee Police Department would hire such an individual that attempts to selectively hide his home address and other information from the public.
We are publishing his home address and home phone number in this article because we have every right to do so just because we want to. Cops should not just put every American in jail for publishing their home addresses and phone numbers with Tallahassee Police Department’s Selective Citizen Police Force. It Seems like after the Death of Rachel Hoffman and Forbes stating “Tallahassee is the 8th most dangerous city in America”, Cops have better things to do than chase citizens for republishing their home addresses from a phone book. It’s very unfortunate when citizens have a police officer paid as a public servant by tax payers that is both “power-hungry” and suffers from “little-man syndrome”. This is while abusing and misusing the power of their badge by making up bogus charges to put a law-abiding citizen in jail for publishing an address of public record. Then even after an Honorable Federal Court Order By Honorable Judge Richard Smoak, the officer then even refuses to disclose his home address that’s been numerously published on numerous mediums. They didn’t even put citizens in jail within the times of Nazi, Germany for publishing addresses that we are aware from public records.
While Officer Mike Dilmore might remove his home address and attempt to hide it with redactions from Mortgage Public Records With The Leon County’s Kangaroo Courthouse….It’s still public information!
Officer Mike Dilmore is an uninformed police officer while also being an officer that makes up false police reports that don’t apply for any legal arrest because of his “Dukes Of Hazzard” Roscoe P. Coltrane tendencies on a power-trip as a police officer. The Mortgage Records In Leon County Court regarding Officer Mike Dilmore have been redacted by him repeatedly thus wasting tax payer’s resources for attempting to seal and cover-up his public information available in numerous databases available to the public. Doesn’t seem like a public official or public servant paid by tax payer’s to us but that of a criminal that wants to cover up his crimes. These aren’t the types of cops that we need working for us in avoiding responsibility, accountability and transparency of our tax payers.
His Home Address is indeed public information regardless of some public records redacted just because he thinks he’s a high and almighty cop working among the Good Ol’ Boy Network like in Dukes Of Hazzard. His Home Address And Home Phone Number Of: 10887 Herford Chase, Tallahassee, Florida 32317-8624 and (850) 668-8316 is a matter of public information in numerous public directories like Whitepages.com, Zabasearch.com, etc. for numerous on-line phone books regardless of redaction making it public information! The mortgage records, home address and home phone number took only minutes to find regardless of Officer Mike Dilmore withholding the information during the questioning at deposition by that of Attorney Marie Mattox.
Officer Mike Dilmore’s own wife — Robyn Burke Dilmore is also a public official as a public servant as a school teacher as paid by the tax payers. She teaches the First Amendment in Applied Civics to 7th Graders at Deerlake Middle School. Her Home Address Should Be Published As Well For Being A Teacher To The Public! It Seems That Many Of Tallahassee’s Finest Need To Go Back To School To Learn The United States Constitution To Avoid Falsely Arresting Law Abiding Citizens on bad laws that are illegally misused. Leon County and Tallahassee has been surrounded by good ol’ boy wheeling and dealing for years in which numerous people have their family members and friends working in the state like a corrupt mafia regime. Tallahassee is the Capital Of Florida with Florida being the #1 State Of Public Corruption According to Integrity Florida.
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Honorable Federal Judge Stated The Following Key Points In Brayshaw V. City Of Tallahassee (Regardless What Officer Mike Dilmore or Anyone Else Thinks):
The publication of truthful personal information about police officers is linked to the issue of police accountability through aiding in achieving service of process, researching criminal history of officers, organizing lawful pickets, and other peaceful and lawful forms of civic involvement that publicize the issue. Furthermore, [Brayshaw] as an individual is afforded no less rights than those afforded to the media, nor is the level of First Amendment scrutiny altered by the fact that the internet was the medium used by [Brayshaw].
Having found that the speech targeted by § 843.17 was protected by the 1st Amendment, the judge considered whether the statute was unconstitutional. Brayshaw v. City of Tallahassee, supra.
The Supreme Court has held that if a newspaper `publishes truthful information which it has lawfully obtained, punishment may lawfully be imposed, if at all, only when narrowly tailored to a state interest of the highest order.’ Florida Star v. B.J.F., [supra]. . . . [A] n individual should be treated no differently under the First Amendment than a newspaper. . . . . Thus, pursuant to Florida Star, § 843.17 can only pass constitutional muster if it is `narrowly tailored to a state interest of the highest order.’
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The same information that Rob Brayshaw was falsely arrested for publishing about Officer Annette Garrett was reposted in a publicly-available public record by that Of Federal Judge Richard Smoak which clearly shows that Officer Mike Dilmore’s Arrest was malicious and false in which it never applied to any law requiring a threat that wouldn’t be protected by our First Amendment. The information posted by Federal Judge Richard Smoak can be seen below as published repeatedly by the ACLU, attorneys, civil rights activists and media reporters. Former Officer Annette Garrett’s home address and personal information can also be found here in Federal Judge Richard Smoak’s Federal Legal Court Order as listed on page 2 of the 11 page court order.
Annette Pickett Garrett, 47 years old, 7 kids, Single, Divorced Anthony Edward `Tony’ Drzewiecki, 38 yo, Home:1929 Queenswood Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32303-7123, Home Est. $167,500. Built in 1973, 1669 square feet. Cingular Cell-Phone: (850) 228-4567, E-Mail Address: AGARRETIOO@Comcast.net.
Thus, The Home Address Of Mike and Robyn Dilmore are being published as husband and wife because they are both a police officer and a school teacher. If they don’t want transparency of their home address listed, they obviously need to find another line of work because they shouldn’t be working as public servants to the public. People should always be able to write them a letter and tell them what they think while they are paid by tax payers working in government.
Officer Mike Dilmore can easily be sued like Annette Garrett in Federal Court under 1983 for violation of Constitutional and Civil Rights or even a Federal Question for his actions.
That lawsuit can go to the Northern District Of Florida, United States Court Of Appeals For The 11th Circuit in Atlanta, Georgia, Florida Supreme Court And The Supreme Court. This is while these documents can certainly have his home address listed as his home address has been previously listed in public records or the PACER System for years. With Dilmore not wanting contact from the public to improve upon his behavior of illegal violations of citizen’s constitutional and civil rights, the only options of civil discourse are that of federal lawsuits and news stories. We could also easily have his home address published on thousands of websites like the home address of Officer Annette Garrett as her address was listed in a federal court order by that of Honorable Federal Judge Richard Smoak that is a federal judge.
When government officials attempt to seal, redact or criminalize public information based on publishings, this information usually gets shared with thousands of people as attorneys, civil rights activists, reporters, professors, bloggers and other people in media because of the scandal.
Many Tallahassee citizens may remember when Rob Brayshaw was falsely arrested because of a false police report written by that of Officer Mike Dilmore with the Tallahassee Police Department. Not only was the police report written based on an Unconstitutional Law of Florida Statute 843.17 that was an Unconstitutional and Rarely Used Law From 1972 but the law wasn’t even properly used for being unconstitutional of being a false arrest. In order to move a constitutional challenge of a law forward, the speech has to be reviewed by a judge as “protected speech”. Brayshaw’s speech was reviewed by Federal Judge Richard Smoak that found Rob Brayshaw merely posted “publicly available information on a public website” that thousands of people do everyday and don’t get falsely arrested for publications of public information from a phone book listing. The False Arrest Report By That Of Officer Mike Dilmore Actually showed that the Florida Statute law of 843.17 was illegally used for a false arrest. The false arrest for “protected speech” had to be shown to the federal judge in order to challenge the law as a 1972 Unconstitutional Law On The Books. It also showed that Tallahassee Police like Officer Mike Dilmore couldn’t keep making a bogus arrest for the same law as shown as unconstitutional with no crime ever committed for republishing a cop’s address from a phone book listing.
The Murder Of Rachel Hoffman was On the Day in May 7th, 2008 that Officer Mike Dilmore was making a false police report based on an unconstitutional publishing law that didn’t apply for any legal arrest. Drug Informant Rachel Hoffman was under police care of Tallahassee Police and was murdered.
The Tallahassee Police Department was the subject of intense scrutiny after a botched buy-bust operation ended in a fatal tragedy on May 7, 2008 with the execution style murder of 23 year-old Rachel Hoffman. Hoffman, a recent graduate of Florida State University, was serving in an undercover capacity, alone, when she was murdered by two suspected drug dealers while nearly twenty TPD officers and a DEA plane were supervising the operation. A Grand Jury investigation was highly critical of the planning and execution of the operation, and a subsequent TPD internal affairs investigation found negligence and multiple policy violations by the Vice squad and individual police officers involved. Following Hoffman’s death, the Florida legislature enacted “Rachel’s Law” and established minimum guidelines for law enforcement to use when engaging civilians in undercover operations. In a civil suit alleging wrongful death, the City of Tallahassee paid the Hoffman family $2.6 million in damages.[1]
In 2008 a Tallahassee resident, Robert Brayshaw, was falsely arrested for violating a Florida statute which prohibited individuals from “maliciously, with intent to obstruct the due execution of the law or with the intent to intimidate, hinder or interrupt any law enforcement officer in the legal performance of his or her duties, publish or disseminate the residence address or telephone number of any law enforcement officer while designating the officer as such…” Brayshaw had posted, online, the name of a Tallahassee police officer, along with her home address, cell phone number and age. Brayshaw further criticized the officer, stating that she was verbally abusive, rude and unprofessional. Brayshaw brought an action in federal court, challenging the constitutionality of the Florida statute, claiming a right to free speech under the First Amendment. The case was heard in U.S. District Court. On April 30, 2010, Judge Richard Smoak ruled in favor of Brayshaw, striking down the 1972 Florida law, finding that the statute was “unconstitutional on its face”. Smoak also ordered the city of Tallahassee to pay Brayshaw’s legal expenses of $25,000.[2][3][4][5]
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On Monday – July 15th, 2013, Officer Mike Dilmore Of The Tallahassee Police Department was being deposed by civil rights attorney Marie Mattox in a deposition in the federal case of Rob Brayshaw V. Annette Garrett. Annette Garrett was a full-time police officer of 25 years with the Tallahassee Police Department until her retirement of July 1st, 2013.
The deposition involved questioning by Attorney Marie Mattox to Annette Garrett (Prior Full-time Badge #640), Officer Mike Dilmore (Badge #694) and Sgt. George Creamer, Jr. (Badge #0236). The case involves Annette Garrett violating the civil rights of Rob Brayshaw by removing postings on Wikipedia.com that were posted on the Tallahassee Police Department’s Wikipedia Page For Open Discussions By The Public. It was admitted by Officer Annette Garrett that she did indeed remove postings from Wikipedia posted by Rob Brayshaw (After A Federal Order Existed From Federal Judge Richard Smoak Upholding The Constitutional Rights Of Rob Brayshaw for an Unconstitutional Law And False Arrest) At The Deposition. In Fact, It Was Sgt. George Creamer Jr. Who Was Working Tallahassee Police Internal Affairs that was searching the internet for negative opinions of Tallahassee Police Officers resulting in him contacting Officer Annette Garrett with their TPD emails together. George Creamer, Jr. contacted Officer Annette Garrett about 4 Am in the morning by TPD email in March 2011 which makes you wonder if they were having a “love affair” between two cops. It’s very strange that an Internal Affairs Supervisor would have this type of relation with an Officer in sending this such type of email. A Story was posted about this exchange in the Sunshine News regarding open government. Please see this story: http://www.sunshinestatenews.com/story/is-tallahassee-police-department-violating-city-watchdogs-free-speech
At The Deposition, Attorney Marie Mattox asked Officer Mike Dilmore about his home address and he stated that he had moved from his last known address. He said that he wouldn’t give his newer home address or the date of when he moved. This is while being a public servant still working as a police officer and paid by tax payer’s dollars. It’s still surprising that we have such police officers with badges working in florida that always seem to forget that they are public servants like Dilmore should be. Unfortunately, Florida has many police officers with badges that want a “secret society” like that of Nazi, Germany to help protect them from responsibility, accountability and transparency with the Tallahassee’s Blue Wall Of Silence in which Officer’s protect each other like the brotherhood of the mafia.
Attorney Marie Mattox asked why Officer Dilmore refused to give his home address and he stated that Citizen Rob Brayshaw had mailed some materials to his home in the past. It seems that he was referring to the federal court order mailed to him in which it was shown by Federal Judge Richard Smoak that Dilmore made a false arrest warrant based upon an unconstitutional law that never even legally applied. Or, it could have been the federal lawsuit that was mailed to Officer Mike Dilmore For Various Civil Rights Violations To Brayshaw. Rob Brayshaw had never threatened anyone including Officer Mike Dilmore or his family. He strictly wanted his public servant as paid by tax payer’s dollars to conform to the laws instead of making bogus police reports and lying about facts and circumstances to a case just to get an arrest warrant for Dilmore being a biased officer with a badge involved in selective prosecutions. People publish home addresses and write letters everyday in America which is one of the most fundamental rights that we have in this country. It’s unbelievable that the Tallahassee Police Department would hire such an individual that attempts to selectively hide his home address and other information from the public.
We are publishing his home address and home phone number in this article because we have every right to do so just because we want to. Cops should not just put every American in jail for publishing their home addresses and phone numbers with Tallahassee Police Department’s Selective Citizen Police Force. It Seems like after the Death of Rachel Hoffman and Forbes stating “Tallahassee is the 8th most dangerous city in America”, Cops have better things to do than chase citizens for republishing their home addresses from a phone book. It’s very unfortunate when citizens have a police officer paid as a public servant by tax payers that is both “power-hungry” and suffers from “little-man syndrome”. This is while abusing and misusing the power of their badge by making up bogus charges to put a law-abiding citizen in jail for publishing an address of public record. Then even after an Honorable Federal Court Order By Honorable Judge Richard Smoak, the officer then even refuses to disclose his home address that’s been numerously published on numerous mediums. They didn’t even put citizens in jail within the times of Nazi, Germany for publishing addresses that we are aware from public records.
While Officer Mike Dilmore might remove his home address and attempt to hide it with redactions from Mortgage Public Records With The Leon County’s Kangaroo Courthouse….It’s still public information!
Officer Mike Dilmore is an uninformed police officer while also being an officer that makes up false police reports that don’t apply for any legal arrest because of his “Dukes Of Hazzard” Roscoe P. Coltrane tendencies on a power-trip as a police officer. The Mortgage Records In Leon County Court regarding Officer Mike Dilmore have been redacted by him repeatedly thus wasting tax payer’s resources for attempting to seal and cover-up his public information available in numerous databases available to the public. Doesn’t seem like a public official or public servant paid by tax payer’s to us but that of a criminal that wants to cover up his crimes. These aren’t the types of cops that we need working for us in avoiding responsibility, accountability and transparency of our tax payers.
His Home Address is indeed public information regardless of some public records redacted just because he thinks he’s a high and almighty cop working among the Good Ol’ Boy Network like in Dukes Of Hazzard. His Home Address And Home Phone Number Of: 10887 Herford Chase, Tallahassee, Florida 32317-8624 and (850) 668-8316 is a matter of public information in numerous public directories like Whitepages.com, Zabasearch.com, etc. for numerous on-line phone books regardless of redaction making it public information! The mortgage records, home address and home phone number took only minutes to find regardless of Officer Mike Dilmore withholding the information during the questioning at deposition by that of Attorney Marie Mattox.
Officer Mike Dilmore’s own wife — Robyn Burke Dilmore is also a public official as a public servant as a school teacher as paid by the tax payers. She teaches the First Amendment in Applied Civics to 7th Graders at Deerlake Middle School. Her Home Address Should Be Published As Well For Being A Teacher To The Public! It Seems That Many Of Tallahassee’s Finest Need To Go Back To School To Learn The United States Constitution To Avoid Falsely Arresting Law Abiding Citizens on bad laws that are illegally misused. Leon County and Tallahassee has been surrounded by good ol’ boy wheeling and dealing for years in which numerous people have their family members and friends working in the state like a corrupt mafia regime. Tallahassee is the Capital Of Florida with Florida being the #1 State Of Public Corruption According to Integrity Florida.
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Honorable Federal Judge Stated The Following Key Points In Brayshaw V. City Of Tallahassee (Regardless What Officer Mike Dilmore or Anyone Else Thinks):
The publication of truthful personal information about police officers is linked to the issue of police accountability through aiding in achieving service of process, researching criminal history of officers, organizing lawful pickets, and other peaceful and lawful forms of civic involvement that publicize the issue. Furthermore, [Brayshaw] as an individual is afforded no less rights than those afforded to the media, nor is the level of First Amendment scrutiny altered by the fact that the internet was the medium used by [Brayshaw].
Having found that the speech targeted by § 843.17 was protected by the 1st Amendment, the judge considered whether the statute was unconstitutional. Brayshaw v. City of Tallahassee, supra.
The Supreme Court has held that if a newspaper `publishes truthful information which it has lawfully obtained, punishment may lawfully be imposed, if at all, only when narrowly tailored to a state interest of the highest order.’ Florida Star v. B.J.F., [supra]. . . . [A] n individual should be treated no differently under the First Amendment than a newspaper. . . . . Thus, pursuant to Florida Star, § 843.17 can only pass constitutional muster if it is `narrowly tailored to a state interest of the highest order.’
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The same information that Rob Brayshaw was falsely arrested for publishing about Officer Annette Garrett was reposted in a publicly-available public record by that Of Federal Judge Richard Smoak which clearly shows that Officer Mike Dilmore’s Arrest was malicious and false in which it never applied to any law requiring a threat that wouldn’t be protected by our First Amendment. The information posted by Federal Judge Richard Smoak can be seen below as published repeatedly by the ACLU, attorneys, civil rights activists and media reporters. Former Officer Annette Garrett’s home address and personal information can also be found here in Federal Judge Richard Smoak’s Federal Legal Court Order as listed on page 2 of the 11 page court order.
Annette Pickett Garrett, 47 years old, 7 kids, Single, Divorced Anthony Edward `Tony’ Drzewiecki, 38 yo, Home:1929 Queenswood Drive, Tallahassee, Florida 32303-7123, Home Est. $167,500. Built in 1973, 1669 square feet. Cingular Cell-Phone: (850) 228-4567, E-Mail Address: AGARRETIOO@Comcast.net.
Thus, The Home Address Of Mike and Robyn Dilmore are being published as husband and wife because they are both a police officer and a school teacher. If they don’t want transparency of their home address listed, they obviously need to find another line of work because they shouldn’t be working as public servants to the public. People should always be able to write them a letter and tell them what they think while they are paid by tax payers working in government.
Officer Mike Dilmore can easily be sued like Annette Garrett in Federal Court under 1983 for violation of Constitutional and Civil Rights or even a Federal Question for his actions.
That lawsuit can go to the Northern District Of Florida, United States Court Of Appeals For The 11th Circuit in Atlanta, Georgia, Florida Supreme Court And The Supreme Court. This is while these documents can certainly have his home address listed as his home address has been previously listed in public records or the PACER System for years. With Dilmore not wanting contact from the public to improve upon his behavior of illegal violations of citizen’s constitutional and civil rights, the only options of civil discourse are that of federal lawsuits and news stories. We could also easily have his home address published on thousands of websites like the home address of Officer Annette Garrett as her address was listed in a federal court order by that of Honorable Federal Judge Richard Smoak that is a federal judge.
When government officials attempt to seal, redact or criminalize public information based on publishings, this information usually gets shared with thousands of people as attorneys, civil rights activists, reporters, professors, bloggers and other people in media because of the scandal.
Many Tallahassee citizens may remember when Rob Brayshaw was falsely arrested because of a false police report written by that of Officer Mike Dilmore with the Tallahassee Police Department. Not only was the police report written based on an Unconstitutional Law of Florida Statute 843.17 that was an Unconstitutional and Rarely Used Law From 1972 but the law wasn’t even properly used for being unconstitutional of being a false arrest. In order to move a constitutional challenge of a law forward, the speech has to be reviewed by a judge as “protected speech”. Brayshaw’s speech was reviewed by Federal Judge Richard Smoak that found Rob Brayshaw merely posted “publicly available information on a public website” that thousands of people do everyday and don’t get falsely arrested for publications of public information from a phone book listing. The False Arrest Report By That Of Officer Mike Dilmore Actually showed that the Florida Statute law of 843.17 was illegally used for a false arrest. The false arrest for “protected speech” had to be shown to the federal judge in order to challenge the law as a 1972 Unconstitutional Law On The Books. It also showed that Tallahassee Police like Officer Mike Dilmore couldn’t keep making a bogus arrest for the same law as shown as unconstitutional with no crime ever committed for republishing a cop’s address from a phone book listing.
The Murder Of Rachel Hoffman was On the Day in May 7th, 2008 that Officer Mike Dilmore was making a false police report based on an unconstitutional publishing law that didn’t apply for any legal arrest. Drug Informant Rachel Hoffman was under police care of Tallahassee Police and was murdered.
The Tallahassee Police Department was the subject of intense scrutiny after a botched buy-bust operation ended in a fatal tragedy on May 7, 2008 with the execution style murder of 23 year-old Rachel Hoffman. Hoffman, a recent graduate of Florida State University, was serving in an undercover capacity, alone, when she was murdered by two suspected drug dealers while nearly twenty TPD officers and a DEA plane were supervising the operation. A Grand Jury investigation was highly critical of the planning and execution of the operation, and a subsequent TPD internal affairs investigation found negligence and multiple policy violations by the Vice squad and individual police officers involved. Following Hoffman’s death, the Florida legislature enacted “Rachel’s Law” and established minimum guidelines for law enforcement to use when engaging civilians in undercover operations. In a civil suit alleging wrongful death, the City of Tallahassee paid the Hoffman family $2.6 million in damages.[1]
In 2008 a Tallahassee resident, Robert Brayshaw, was falsely arrested for violating a Florida statute which prohibited individuals from “maliciously, with intent to obstruct the due execution of the law or with the intent to intimidate, hinder or interrupt any law enforcement officer in the legal performance of his or her duties, publish or disseminate the residence address or telephone number of any law enforcement officer while designating the officer as such…” Brayshaw had posted, online, the name of a Tallahassee police officer, along with her home address, cell phone number and age. Brayshaw further criticized the officer, stating that she was verbally abusive, rude and unprofessional. Brayshaw brought an action in federal court, challenging the constitutionality of the Florida statute, claiming a right to free speech under the First Amendment. The case was heard in U.S. District Court. On April 30, 2010, Judge Richard Smoak ruled in favor of Brayshaw, striking down the 1972 Florida law, finding that the statute was “unconstitutional on its face”. Smoak also ordered the city of Tallahassee to pay Brayshaw’s legal expenses of $25,000.[2][3][4][5]
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Christina West
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City Releases Details on DUI / Use of Force Incident
At 2:10 a.m. on Saturday, August 10, Tallahassee Police Department patrol officers were called to the area of Delaney Drive and Kilkenny Way in northeast Tallahassee, regarding a vehicle crashing into a house at 3501 Kilkenny Drive. Responding officers located the driver – Ms. Christina West – who stated she was returning from Panama City, FL. While turning onto Limerick Drive from Delaney Drive, Ms. West appeared to have accelerated, missing the right turn at Kilkenny Drive. The vehicle continued straight striking a light pole, stop sign, and continued forward into the yard of 3501 Kilkenny Drive, finally striking the house. Ms. West had three students in her vehicle (all under the age of 18) at the time of the crash. Ms. West said the three were foreign exchange students.
The vehicle came to rest inside the master bedroom of the residence. The owners were not home at the time of the incident. A City of Tallahassee utility crew responded to secure live wires from the light pole. During the subsequent investigation of the crash, Ms. West failed a sobriety test and she reported she had been taking prescription medication while drinking alcoholic beverages prior to the accident. Ms. West was initially arrested without incident, but was removed from the car when it was discovered she had slipped her hands out of the handcuffs. At that time, she resisted arrest, and a struggle ensued in which Ms. West was restrained on the ground in order to facilitate the placement of handcuffs. Ms. West was taken to Leon County Jail where she was recommended for medical treatment. She was then transported to the Tallahassee Memorial Hospital (TMH) for medical clearance, which she received before being transported back to jail for processing. Ms. West sustained a broken orbital bone along with scrapes and bruises to her body.
At TMH, while being cared for by the hospital staff, Ms. West continued disruptive behavior that resulted in charges for assault being filed against her by the nurse on duty.
The officers completed a use of force report documenting the incident, per department policy.
“We are concerned any time an individual is injured while in police custody,” said Tallahassee Police Chief Dennis Jones. “Our job is to serve and protect, and that includes victims and suspects. We regret that Ms. West was injured.
“We train our officers in appropriate use of force procedures and my job as Chief is to gather all the facts to determine the appropriateness in this case,” Jones said.
Chief Jones has called for an internal investigation, which will include interviews with all the individuals on the scene that night and at the hospital. It will also include reviewing the video to better determine exactly what happened. From a law enforcement perspective, the purpose is to have all the facts of the case so that the chief can take the appropriate action.
The case was sent to the State Attorney, which is standard procedure. In this case, the State Attorney’s office made the decision to dismiss the charges of assault on a police officer(s) as well as charges for assault filed against Ms. West by the nurse at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital. The remaining charge of Driving Under the Influence (DUI) is awaiting toxicology results.
“We understand that the video is disturbing to watch and it is for us too. We use cameras to help capture events such as this and are making the entire video available as we continue our internal investigation,” said Jones.
The city has posted the 45-minute video of the incident, the Probable Cause Affidavit and the Use of Force Report on the city’s website talgov.com/TPD. The probable cause affidavit and use of force report are also attached and the video may also be accessed on the Police Department YouTube site .
UPDATED by Julie Montanaro
September 10, 2013
A woman claims Tallahassee Police officers slammed her into a patrol car and onto the ground during a drunk driving stop.
Dash cam video of the arrest was released today. Her attorney calls it “brutal.”
Christina West was arrested for drunk driving and assaulting an officer on August 10th.
West says officers slammed her face into the patrol car and threw her onto the ground … breaking her cheek bone, bloodying her nose and more. She’s had two surgeries so far.
The video shows officers getting Christina West out of the patrol car and then an officer yelling “Don’t ****ing touch me.” The video shows officers then pushing West onto the back of a patrol car and then to the ground. The video shows officers putting a knee to her neck and proceeding to handcuff her. You can hear West screaming for the men to stop.
“I had a physical reaction to that tape the first time I saw that video. It’s bad,” West’s attorney Fred Conrad said.
Christina West was ultimately put back in the patrol car and taken to the hospital. Her injuries were photographed there. West was brusied on her shoulders, legs and back. Photos show she had a black eye that was swollen shut.
“I don’t care if she was drunker than cooter brown and took a breath test and blew through the moon … that’s not warranted. That’s not okay,” Conrad said.
It happened just after 3am on August 10th. Arrest reports say West plowed through the front wall of a house in Killearn – at the corner of Kilkenny West and Limerick Drive.
The Sawner’s say luckily they were not home that weekend, because the SUV came right through the wall of their bedroom.
“It pushed our bed all the way to the back side of the house…and tore it all to pieces,” homeowner Bobbie Sawner said. She said she’s glad to be alive and glad the woman and the teens with her survived the crash too.
When officers Ormerod and Smidt arrived on scene, they put West through a series of field sobriety tests. They say she was slurring her words and had trouble keeping her balance. The video was all captured by a camera in Officer Smidt’s car.
The confrontation started when officers asked West to get out of the car to sign a breath test consent form. You can hear her say “Yes,sir” on the tape, but she continued to ask about her husband and her childrens’ car seats.
Here’s how Officer Chris Ormerod described what happened when he tried to place her in handcuffs.
He wrote in his incident report: “West was placed on the ground where she began to thrash and kick wildly. West kicked me in the groin area and kicked officer Schmidt in the leg.” He goes on to write, “West was placed in a thigh lock on the ground as I secured her hands. While handcuffing West’s hands, she continued to violently make attempts to grab for my groin area with her hands.”
West was charged with driving under the influence, battery on a law enforcement offier and aggravated assault on an officer.
“It was a very disturbing video to me,” State Attorney Willie Meggs said.
Meggs says the DUI case is still pending, but he has dropped the battery and assault charges and is still trying to figure out what to do next.
“I didn’t see anything in the video that would cause me to believe that this woman needed anybody to use any type of force or restraint on her,” Meggs said.
We have asked both Tallahassee Police and the city attorney for comment. They have not yet responded.
The video shows West did consent to a breathalyzer test on scene, but it never happened because of the scuffle. In their reports, officers say, she refused a blood test at the hospital.
You can see a portion of the video tape on our web site. We warn you some of the language is graphic.
By: Julie Montanaro
September 10, 2013
Tallahassee, FL – A Tallahassee woman claims Tallahassee Police Officers slammed her against a patrol car and then to the pavement when she was arrested for DUI.
44-year-old Christina West was arrested August 10th after she ran off the road and struck a house in Killearn.
The state attorney calls the dash cam video of the arrest one of the most disturbing videos he’s ever seen.
Eyewitness News has a copy of that video. A copy of that video will be posted online shortly.
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An internal affairs investigation questioning a Tallahassee Police officer’s use of force is now complete.
Tallahassee Police officer Chris Ormerod returned to work Tuesday after an internal investigation said he used appropriate force when he tased a Tallahassee juvenile last month.
The juvenile’s mother requested a review of the force used on her son during the June 19th arrest.
Police say the 15-year-old boy stepped into the path of officer Ormerod’s patrol vehicle.
When Ormerod got out to warn the teen to use more caution, the juvenile ran to a nearby home.
Police say because he resisted arrest, Ormerod fired his taser once, to subdue the teen.
“In this instance, a taser was an option for someone who TAKE name super :04 was fleeing from us. Years ago, that was not an option. It was the use of a baton or a tackle, which increased greatly the ability for either the suspect or the officer to be injured,” says Tallahassee Police Department Spokesman David McCranie.
The teen was on probation at the time, but because he’s a minor, police won’t say why.
Ormerod, who’s been with the department for about 11 months, was placed on administrative leave during the investigation.
However, at this time Officer Ormerod has been reinstated to active duty.
Press Release: City of Tallahassee
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Tallahassee Police Chief Dennis Jones will retire from his position effective October 5. Jones has served as Tallahassee’s chief since May 21, 2007.
In a letter to the City Manager, dated today, Jones wrote: “It has been my honor and privilege to have served the City and its citizens as police chief for the last six years and to have worked in law enforcement for nearly 35 years, having started on October 15, 1978.”
Jones wrote that it was his intention to retire from the City of Tallahassee in the spring of 2014, but he felt it was in the best interest of the Police Department and the City as a whole to retire now.
Jones stated his confidence in the men and women of the Tallahassee Police Department as they “continue to protect and serve this community with the utmost integrity and honor.”
City Manager Anita Favors Thompson has named Tom Coe, Assistant City Manager for Safety and Neighborhood Services, as the Acting Police Chief. Prior to assuming his current position, Coe served in the Tallahassee Police Department for nearly 25 years, including more than three years as Chief of Police. The temporary appointment will allow the department to seamlessly continue operations while a search is conducted for the chief’s position.
“Dennis Jones is a man of character who has served our community with passion and integrity,” said City Manager Anita Favors Thompson. “We wish him the best in his retirement and appreciate his service.”
Calling 606-5800 connects you to the new Consolidated Dispatch Agency (CDA). This is the number to call if you need a public safety response, but are not experiencing an emergency situation. For example, a person arriving home to find out that a bicycle was stolen off their front porch would call 606-5800 to report the crime. For true emergencies, citizens should still call 911.
The CDA is located inside the new Public Safety Complex at 911 Easterwood Drive; a joint effort of the City of Tallahassee and Leon County. The sophisticated, state-of-the-art joint dispatch operation system is a significant element of the new Public Safety Complex. The CDA operates 24/7 and dispatches for public safety agencies including the Leon County Sheriff’s Office, the Tallahassee Police Department, the Tallahassee Fire Department and Leon County Emergency Medical Services.
With dispatchers for all safety agencies working side by side, residents will receive public safety responses more efficiently and effectively than ever. Dispatchers will be able to immediately determine what services are needed, who is closest to the scene and what resources can best resolve the situation. By routing non-emergency calls for response to the 606-5800 phone number, the 911 dispatchers are better able to respond quickly to true emergencies.
Paddy Allentown (paddyallentownfilms@yahoo.com)
10/12/13
To: TallahasseeO@hotmail.com
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I am hoping you can help my family and I with the case involving my father. I have written several articles and sent them to the Tallahassee Democrat. I have also sent them information regarding the murder and murderer of my father. They don’t even respond to my attempts. Something didn’t feel right about this case 22 years ago. Something still doesn’t feel right about it. I am hoping to gain publicity to get the Tallahassee police department moving on the case.
On May 13, 1991, my father (Seymour Rice)’s murdered body was found in a shed at the historic Old City Cemetery in Tallahassee. His death was caused by a blow to his head by a pick ax. My father’s horrific murder made the cover of the Tallahassee Democrat the following morning. The only suspect (Bobby Mcnair) in the case was never charged with his murder. This was despite of the following facts : Police were sure he committed the murder. My father’s blood was found on Mr. Mcnair’s shoes. Witnesses saw Mr. Mcnair chase my father down a street near the place of his murder. 22 years later my father’s murder is still left ‘unsolved’. The following links are available regarding his cold case:
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http://www.talgov.com/tpd/tpd-coldcases.aspx and http://www.truecrimereport.com/coldcase/victim/unsolved-murder-of-seymour-rice-28714403/
Your link to my father’s cold case and others and the lack of competence and intelligence within the Tallahassee police department.
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The suspect Bobby Mcnair has had quite the criminal history since my father’s murder. He committed several violent criminal acts against Florida residents from 1991 to 2010. Mr. Mcnair is currently in prison (Holmes C.I.) on several charges and he is due out in 2015. The following links are available regarding Bobby Mcnair:
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Seymour Rice was a World War II veteran. He served proudly and bravely in the Pacific against the Japanese. My father was also a retired Dade County (Florida) and Hamilton County (Ohio) Deputy Sheriff. He is buried at a military cemetery in Tallahassee.
In the last few months, I had made several efforts to gain more knowledge about why Mr. Mcnair was never charged in my father’s murder. State Attorney Willie Meggs has held the same current position since my father was killed. Mr. Meggs didn’t seem interested then with my father’s case and still doesn’t now. I have attempted to gain records regarding the case from his office and the Tallahassee Police Department. All I received was the initial police incident report that provided little information. This was after several attempts at getting them. I was finally informed after several efforts on my part that no information could be given because it was still an open case. I was also told that new DNA technology might help in finally charging Bobby Mcnair with my father’s murder. However, pardon my skepticism regarding my father’s case after 22 years of ‘nothing’. Also 22 years of Mr. Mcnair’s violent behavior since.
I am hoping for answers to the following questions:
Why has it been 22 years since my father’s murder and Bobby Mcnair has never been charged?
Why was Bobby Mcnair not charged with the murder with the evidence given in 1991?
What about the other victims of Bobby Mcnair since the murder of my father? What would they say if they knew he should have been in prison for the murder of my father?
Was the reason of ignoring the evidence, race related? I was told by a police officer 22 years ago that it was race related.
Thank you;
Vaslav J. Rice
paddyallentownfilms@yahoo.com
Jennifer Portman discusses lawsuits filed since 2009 involving the Tallahassee Police Department, which led to payouts totaling more than $3 million from the city.
