Florida’s 2nd DCA says Police Sting entrapped Defendant
Jason DeMare went on an ADULT website and initiated contact with AN ADULT. For days, they chatted and flirted while he believed the woman was 18, but on the fourth day she told him she was 14. She was neither 14 nor 18 and she was not a flirty female but an undercover officer. Each time DeMare tried to steer the conversation away from sex, the officer tried to steer it back. Each time he said he was not interested in a sexual relationship with a minor, the officer kept cajoling him and calling him chicken.
Sound familiar? It’s pretty much the playbook for these “stings”/”scams” run by Florida police departments. When I first heard some members tell me this story, I thought “yeah right”, but when I heard the same story over, and over, and over and read the transcripts in Trey Gennette’s case, I couldn’t believe law enforcement would get away with this and just how often they used these tactics to bait and switch someone into a manufactured felony.
When I asked why they took the plea? it was always because they were threatened with decades in prison if they didn’t.
There have been a few brave souls who put their foot down and took their chances in court. One such brave soul is DeMare. You can read his decision here:
If your situation is similar… maybe we should coordinate victims of these scams and expose the law enforcement “stings” that entrapped them?
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Florida does not follow the law.
My son was caught up in a Florida child sex sting in 2011. We lost at trial. Our attorney had never done a sex sting case, and we were not knowledgeable about the law. It has been many years of fighting, and we learned a lot. We found a good lawyer who has tried to clean up the mess. I have learned from what I can see is that the police are not the only ones who are corrupt but the courts are too. My son’s case is clearly entrapment as a matter of law and the judge just turned his head and pushed it on to trial or else take two felony pleas.
When the ICAC officer took the stand (under oath) and was asked by the prosecutor, “are the police allowed to bend and break the rules and even violate the laws of the state of Florida to catch a criminal” the officer answered “yes”. My son was no criminal. The officer was the aggressor and pushed my son into going. My son said, “Maybe tomorrow”. The ICAC officer said, “Oh well you sux!!! Why tomorrow”. The ICAC officer was the initiator, willing participant, aggressor, or provoker of the incident. We are still fighting to this day. However, Florida will not listen. Although it is hard, I am now speaking out.
well at least the 2nd DCA did the right thing with Deware. It’s sad it even had to come to an appeal as in my case. One,among numerousproblem is that trial court judges are elected officials who don’t want to be in the news for letting someone off that was arrested in a sting operation..
Hello!
So why doesn’t the Florida Action Committee organize a group lawsuit against the state for this exact crime against its citizens???
Right here in this chat there’s at least 10 people that would sign up! I’m sure we can find many many more!
What’s your answer Florida Action Committee? You have the knowledge and resources, so what Action are you taking???
Jay, What do you propose the lawsuit would seek and under what legal theory?
You can’t likely file on behalf of the people who were convicted after being entrapped because they either accepted a plea or were found guilty. I suppose someone who fought their case and won would have standing to bring a lawsuit. Perhaps a malicious prosecution case.
the only way to do so would be to file an injunction in federal court to stop illegal stings at least temporarily given the overwhelming evidence showing they’re illegal. I know exactly how it could be done but making it happen is a different story.
Please explain what you mean by “making it happen is a different story.”
finding an attorney or firm willing to tackle such a case. I literally have enough documents to support the effort but unless someone is well connected with a notable attorney, legal fees are not cheap.
also, we were so close to exposing this crap nationally when Noah Pransky called out these stings on local news in Tampa. I worked with him religiously trying to get him the information he needed to proceed and he did an excellent job…….but the story never took off as we had hoped by alerting legislators, the DOJ etc. We were wanting to force the DOJ to investigate into things. Many of us filed numerous complaints with the DOJ to no avail. So much work had been done to get us to that point only to hit another brick wall. Is there a way to still find success? Yes, as i stated earlier, it would be in the form of injunctive relief from a federal court ordering the DOJ to look into things. Once that happens then things could change.
Hey,
I just signed the petition “Department of Justice: Defund Police Proactive Sex Stings to Stop Incarcerating Innocent Men!!!” and wanted to see if you could help by adding your name.
Our goal is to reach 100 signatures and we need more support. You can read more and sign the petition here:
http://chng.it/bkVLvLDJLk
Thanks!
Lady Justice Myth
Signed.
By the way, once they learned that I was an excontractor and what I used to do for the crooked State, they released me, and canceled the 5 years of probation with the condition that I would leave the State of Florida and never return.
Yes you heard that correct, they canceled half of my sentence because they learned that I was pissed of and might expose them, so they tried to make me happy.
Well screw the State, as soon as the asylum country reviews my request, gives me a change of name, and issues the passport I am gone.
And as soon as I arrive there, trust me when I say that I WILL EXPOSE them.