General counsel for Florida Elections Commission arrested for possession of child porn
[FAC COMMENT: Does this somehow justify Amendment 4?]
The general counsel for the Florida elections commission was arrested for possession of child porn Wednesday, according to The Tallahassee Democrat.
Courts records indicate that Eric M. Lipman was charged with 11 counts of possession of child pornography and was taken into custody at the Leon County Detention Facility, the Democrat reported.
The Leon County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest on Wednesday, but did not mention Lipman was general counsel at the state elections commission.
Lipman, 59, is a Boston native and began working for the Florida Elections Commission in 2001 as assistant general counsel. Lipman also served as senior attorney for the Florida Department of Children and Families, according to the newspaper.
According to Florida corporate filings, the Democrat reported, Lipman served as an officer for the Capital Soccer Association, a nonprofit soccer league for children ages 4 to 17.
[FAC COMMENT: It can be anyone… even a senior attorney for DCF, the agency charged with protecting children!]
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I was just amazed when i read the story posted on THE HILL, the story posted pretty much just shared the facts. Little more. There are about 500 comments attached to the story. NOT ONE was positive and all were political or just hatred sharing, many based on sharing regurgitated lies. To me that was more enlightening than another SOB finds the system or the system finds them.
FWhat is the name of the attorney who specializes in Sting cases that was on the Dr. Phil show? Thank You so much.
FAC Legal, the sting lawyer on the FAC call was amazing— strongly recommend he be on the attorney referral page of the FAC site if he’s not there already (I, too, cannot remember his name).
1) Conviction charges. 2) Punishment. 3) The Registry. More than likely, he will be treated differently in some or all of these categories. I’d bet #3. Somehow, the same registry rules won’t apply to him (I.e. Epstein). Or maybe #1. The charges will be downgraded to non-registrable offense. Or maybe #2. Little to no jail time etc.
It seems he already has been treated preferentially. How many here charged with CP possession were released pretrial?
Veritas.
I was RORed. And I’m neither rich nor powerful.
Glad to hear guys. My experience was with the feds, who seem to really like pretrial confinement.
Ed C., I was prosecuted by the feds too. And I still got RORed. Not sure what happened in your case but on the day I self-surrendered there were five inherent guys hit with the same charge. Everyone got RORed if there were no prior convictions.
I was released on personal recognizance, but ordered to stay off the internet.
I wasn’t in for cp but my public pretender told me he refuses to ask for anything to do with bail. Would have been nice to have a chance to fight from the outside and still be a dad instead of staying inside.
Anonymous, you use Epstein as an example of the registry not applying to a person of influence. However, Epstein was registered in New York. He moved to another state (I believe Arizona) that did not require him to register. I’d do the exact same thing and so have others who are not influential any any way.
Epstein remains registered in Florida.
I vaguely recall reading a deceased RC is “eligible” for removal from the FL registry one year after death. Of course that means someone must come forth to request the removal. Perhaps nobody has bothered to speak up for the late Mr. Epstein. And since Ms. Maxwell is a little busy with other things right now, she probably won’t be the one anytime soon…
His ranch was in New Mexico. He was not required to register because his Florida conviction was not equivalent to a registerable offense in New Mexico.
It all depends upon the wording of the law and its interpretation by the courts. For example, there are two nearly identical federal statutes. One uses the phrase “one or more” and the other uses the word “any” to describe the child pornography. The former (18 USC 2252(a)(4)) allows only a single unit of prosecution, i.e. charge, whereas the latter (18 USC 2252A(a)(5)) allows multiple charges for the same stuff. Go figure!
Veritas.
FAC….Please shed light on the fact that Eric Lipman can hide his info
Here is a Quote from a Tallahassee News Reporter:
“Lipman’s photo and other information were withheld from the arrest report by Florida Statute 119.071(4) (d). Under the statute, current or former State Attorneys, Assistant State Attorneys, State Prosecutors, and Assistant State Prosecutors, active or former Law Enforcement Personnel, etc. may keep arrest information private.”
So, therefore, These IDIOTS can HIDE THEIR INFORMATION FROM THE PUBLIC?….SO THEY ARE GIVEN SPECIAL PRIVILEDGES?
WTF!
WHEN YOU GO TO THE LEON COUNTY JAIL WEBSITE THEIR IS NO RECORD OF ERIC LIPMAN…….
THIS IS COMPLETE BULLSHIT!
Eric Lipman’s arrest and charge are public. How else would you know about it?
They can only hide the information if they are not convicted. Once the court enters a conviction their information will be on the registry just like other former public officials on the registry.
That is BS for sure. Kind of like when you speak to the legislature you have to promise to tell the truth, but the elected officials never has to do that.