Former FDLE officer of the year kills self after he’s accused of child porn
The following article is being shared for two reasons:
1- Again, it goes to show that anyone, even a police officer recognized for his work rescuing children, can be a sex offender, and
2- The recognition that the quality of life as a sex offender is not worth living.
JACKSONVILLE — Authorities say a decorated Florida police detective killed himself just before he was to be arrested on charges that he possessed child pornography.
The Florida Times-Union reports that Jacksonville sheriff’s Detective Vernon Richardson killed himself Tuesday, shortly after detectives obtained a warrant for his arrest.
The neighboring St. Johns County Sheriff’s Office began an investigation in December after receiving a tip he had child porn on his computer. Detectives found an image of two adolescent boys having sex.
He was questioned Feb. 1 and denied looking at child porn. Investigators say his computer was seized and two photos of naked children were found.
Richardson was the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s local officer of the year in 2012 for his work finding missing children.
Discover more from Florida Action Committee (FAC)
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.
Sexual Assault Of Detained Migrant Children Reported In The Thousands Since 2015
https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiEOzEQmxgA7nJg838Mlz-S78qFggEKg4IACoGCAow9vBNMK3UCDCvpUk?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen
As NPR’s John Burnett reported,
“The federal Office of Refugee Resettlement, which is in charge of caring for under-age immigrants, received more than 4,500 allegations of sexual abuse and sexual harassment between 2015 and 2018. The reporting begins under the Obama administration. Of those complaints, some 1,300 were serious enough to refer to the FBI, but an official says ‘the vast majority’ proved to be unfounded.
“Most of the assault allegations involved one minor abusing another. But 178 of the complaints were against staff at the shelters — in particular, youth-care workers who escort the children everywhere they go. The complaints range from inappropriate romantic relationships between children and adults, to touching genitals, to watching children shower.”
It seems that NONE of the people were registrants. Does that mean the registration is working because registrants aren’t committing new crimes?
Now if only we could get a ‘Minority Report’ type thing going, we’d have it all covered. Until then, I guess we’ll just continue to use Lauren Book’s cracked crystal ball. (I think she needs the broom to chauffeur her dad around for a bit)🤣🤣
Being in Law Enforcement he knows that labeled a Sex Offender is as good as Death
First and foremost, my heart goes out to this man’s family. They will have to live with his shame the rest of their lives. This incident illustrates how a person is reduced to subhuman status upon the mere accusation of a sex offense. None of the good that this man ever did will be remembered, just that he was a pedophile, child molester, baby raper, etc.
As more prominent members of society fall to the scythe of the War on Sex, maybe, just maybe, there will be a tidal shift. Robert Craft, owner of the Patriot football dynasty, arrested in a massage parlor sting. Where? In Floriduh, of course. Instead of protecting the public, Floriduh LEOs go after the public to create more “criminals” and “sex offenders” to keep the state coffers overflowing with cash, which they use to do more stings, ad nauseam. All prostitution is now sex trafficking. All Johns are now sex traffickers. Let’s see how a man who can hire the best lawyers and pay off judges gets out of this!
I wish that they haven’t killed themselves because I feel they should endure what 900,000 plus Registry citizens have to live with every day!!!!. Karma has a funny way of paying back to people what that they did to others.
Regardless who submitted the tip…….. people might feel this is a morbid statement. I am glad it is hitting those in judical branches as well that they can see the infliction of pain and gain the empathy to see that registry is destroying lives in all walks of life