Comments on: FAC Weekly Update 2025-09-09–Beware of Highlands County Detective

By: tearfuleagle

tearfuleagle — Tue, 16 Sep 2025 16:10:43 +0000

Hey all. Received my letter of doom today. Not really any changes that I can see. Please correct me if I am wrong. I do have two questions.
1. How do I update my “Job Type” on my current address without closing the one I have.
2. Did the definition of Temporary Address change. IE If I stay overnight Friday and Saturday in Orlando but leave Sunday morning do I now report that? Or is a Temporary address still 3 or more.

Thats it nothing else changed except it looks like they are going to be sending local PD once a year instead of the SPOT unit twice a year?

Thank you for any helpful Info.
Tear

By: Tereto

Tereto — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 15:30:36 +0000

In reply to Jacob. Yes, but that's just protocol. It doesn't mean that they actually have to prosecute them.

By: Just Sayin

Just Sayin — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 20:39:34 +0000

FAC recently asked for help from members to show up in support of “Roger” at the most recent hearing in his case. Does anyone know how that hearing went?

By: FAC-3

FAC-3 — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 19:04:08 +0000

In reply to Thinking. It's a statute and statutes and ordinances are laws, so you were not incorrect. We all hope he's acquitted. This happens often in Highlands County.

By: Thinking

Thinking — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 18:18:22 +0000

Hmmm, does this mean some of the wording in the law, ooops ordinance, is broad and over reaching. Hopefully he is found innocent for following the ordinance to the best of his ability. If he is, hopefully he sues for false arrest and being illegally detained. We need to set some kind of precedent to stop these fishing expeditions by the sheriffs departments. I don’t have a lot of access to arrest records, but when was the last time FDLE arrested someone for anything close to this?

By: Just Sayin

Just Sayin — Fri, 12 Sep 2025 00:29:31 +0000

In reply to TJ. Dear TJ, it seems FDLE gave you evidence that shows the difficulties we have getting the right information from those who are entrusted with following and enforcing the law.

By: Grown folks talking here

Grown folks talking here — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 23:54:51 +0000

In reply to Tim. I called FDLE before asking for advice on a question. They told me to call the county I live in because they are the ones who will arrest you. Verbatim that's exactly what they told me. F d l e will not help you at all.

By: TJ

TJ — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 22:11:06 +0000

Please see my last reply on what FDLE will tell us. The letter I received today states FDLE specifically will not give legal advice about registration requirements. It says to contact your local sheriff’s office, which is where we are getting different answers from it seems…

By: TJ

TJ — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 22:07:21 +0000

Kind of makes sense but not what my SO office told me.

I got the new changes list in the mail today and it states not at the bottom: “FDLE cannot provide leval advice on registration requirements. If you ha e questions regarding your registration requirements, please contact your local sheriff’s office”. So basically we have no one to find out whst exactly the rules are…

I hope FAC is following these comments as this is extremely important for all of us, but I have not seen them add their thoughts on all this.

By: FAC-3

FAC-3 — Thu, 11 Sep 2025 22:00:54 +0000

In reply to tearfuleagle.

There’s no need to share “thoughts” – they are meaningless. The FDLE has an email address you can write to and ask for a direct answer to the question. Why are we speculating or relying on the opinion of random people who know no better than you do?