Lawyer suing Pasco County wants Sheriff Chris Nocco held in contempt
You gotta love attorney Patrick Leduc! The former military JAG attorney will not allow himself to be intimidated or pushed around and will certainly not allow his clients to be either.
When he forwarded us an FYI copy of his pleading yesterday, the first thought that came to mind was, “hell yeah!!!”
As registered citizens (or family of registered citizens) we know how vulnerable a position we are in. We’re the low hanging fruit. Harassing us is easy to get away with… nobody gives a shit. Threatening us is cake… tie your shoes wrong and you wind up with a third degree felony. You normally have no choice but to sit back and take it. The fact that 230+ registrants are sleeping homeless along the railroad tracks in Miami is a testament to how badly you can push around sex offenders in the State of Florida.
Then comes Patrick Leduc, who can’t stand to see the injustice taking place and won’t let it stand. When police came to his client’s house a couple of weeks ago to “persuade” his client to not join the lawsuit, Mr. Leduc had the Court issue an order instructing the police to stop the harassment. Then guess what? An officer shows up and let’s the client know police will be stepping up compliance checks.
Who knows whether the Judge will hold the Sheriff in contempt? After all, they share the same employer… the County. But as unlikely as that might happen, at least this motion sends a message to Pasco County that there IS someone out there willing to stand up for registered citizens and maybe the police should stick to just doing their job.
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Pasco changed Fl address verification. To Compliance check
Cooly told FL sheriff he world reaffend. They let him free. Lungsfford unattended. Door flung open. .Pasco on band wagon
why can’t the police/county be sued for harassment as it is suppose to be against the law to harassment anyone on the hit list
Thank you!!! Colonel Ledue…
This is good news! We need more courageous attorneys like him. On a sour note, Polk County still the “champion” county putting more people on the registry:
http://www.news4jax.com/news/florida/youth-football-coach-theme-park-workers-nabbed-in-polk-sex-sting_
Another disturbing article:
http://www.news4jax.com/news/florida/clay-county/parents-upset-sex-offender-living-near-bus-stop?searchType=ALL&compId=286327470
In this one, “parents” means one guy.
The good news though is none of them were registered citizens. They keep catching everyone else. Although it’s not a good thing for these people to do do this at least it’s not registered citizens offending which again shows the registries unusefullness….
They weren’t even sexual offenses
FAC ADMIN – what do you mean by “they weren’t even sexual offenses?”
I get that these stories are slanted toward “child-abuse” behavior when the real story is “law-manipulation” behavior but the charges listed (granted they do not quote statutes) use language that relates to the criminal codes for sex offenses.
The “incidents” that the deputy was referring to when he said they would be cracking down on Sex Offenders more, had nothing to do with Sex offenses.
This from the Tampa Tribune, “There’s been a lot of unfortunate situations that have occurred that have prompted this,” Collazo told Wright, then specifically referred to two incidents: when John Jonchuck threw his 5-year-old daughter, Pheobe, off the approach to the Sunshine Skyway bridge in January 2015; and when 11-year-old Janiya Thomas was found dead in a padlocked freezer in Bradenton in October. Neither incident, however, involved sex offenders.”
That was the excuse law enforcement used when they told Leduc’s client they were cracking down on sex offenders more.
Oh, yes. Got ya. I thought the same thing. I thought you were referring to the sting story posted above. I don’t recall the statutes that require “compliance checks” making reference to increasing checks when any other crime occurs in the State. (There’s sarcasm in there…)
There’s a reason we tell people…
When a sheriff’s deputy (not your probation officer, but just the compliance checks) comes to do your compliance check, hand them your drivers license or ID and offer nothing else. Be polite, be courteous, thank them for their professionalism and comment on the great weather we’re having but nothing else. If all the information that you registered is correct – they have access to it and do not need to interrogate you on it or collect it again.
If they don’t have a warrant – don’t let them in your house. You don’t need someone planting something.
The word is out Sherriff, we see how you work……Great job,Leduc!!!!!!
Awesome. It sounds like the tide is starting to turn!
Also, see this article:
http://www.news4jax.com/news/florida/columbia-county/officer-injured-at-columbia-correctional_
Maybe these idiots will start to realize getting bad press in the prison system will not fare well for them with the general public. And having been in prison, I can tell you that ratio is correct!! Ours was 172:2 in each dorm. Overcrowding the prison system with minor drug offenses and scam sex sting operation victims, is starting to bite Florida in the ass!
Compliance checks are no other than nosy cops looking for wrongdoing to make a arrest. Local police agencies making up their own rules even though tge registrants are compliant at the county and state level. Its harassment and instead of working to keep a watchful eye makes a registrant crazy with worry and anxiety adding to antisocial behaviour.
100% Right