Tag: ms. dot

Bye Bye Scotty!

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On January 9th, Scott Haines reported to Maxwell AFB Federal Prison Camp. It appears this is minimum security camp rather than prison. I still find it less than acceptable that this is all he gets. How ridiculous! Terrorizing a family; stealing; conspiring; exploiting and he gets camp for a year.

Previously, I have voiced my disgust over this situation, and it may seem like I’m harping on this, but seriously, Scott was targeting Matt Groelinger. TARGETING! For 5 years, the SRSO employees ran him through NCIC/FCIC repetitively. Adam Riddle, the Public Information Officer, ran him in 2020 as well. This can’t be a case of “no harm-no foul” because there is harm. In Matt’s case, it’s his well-being. You know thee guys were not just looking at his info for kicks. There was something else going on. Yet they face no penalty whatsoever.

(Only a portion of the full report)

Why aren’t these other people being reprimanded? There are so many of these people on the state’s payroll. For example, Mike Gilmore failing to act in the JadeKiss case, forget the moral reprehensibility of it, how do people keep jobs when they are risking the legal liability of the agencies they represent?

But Mr. Gilmore like Adam Riddle, still has a job. Steve Cappas has a job. Yet Philip Nix doesn’t. There is no logic to this at all.

But I digress. Getting back to Scotty. I recently got a copy of the transcript of his sentencing in federal court from November. It’s quite amusing. His attorney attempts to argue and split hairs as to whether he should be punished in federal court since he pled guilty in state court. His attorney attempts to argue that Ms. Dot was there and would be willing to testify that Scott never broke the law. Thankfully the judge begs to differ.

So then, the federal prosecutor spoke:

But naturally Haines’s attorney kept trying to press the judge:

Then Scott got to speak:

Then the federal prosecutor spoke again:

Thankfully the judge wasn’t impressed.

Apparently, I am told, Scott did not anticipate jail time and that was judicial discretion. Bravo is all I have to say!

For a full transcript of that hearing, click here.

SRSO Scandal: Part 5-Sheriff Bob Johnson

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**Addition to Part 4- Eric Haines. There are sources that confirm Eric & Scott (and all the families, including mom and dad with Eric’s daughter as well) were on a cruise the first week of March 2020. The cruise left out of New Orleans, with the ports of call included Cozumel, Mexico, Roatan, Bay Islands, Harvest Key, Belize & Costa Maya, Mexico.

Getting to Sheriff Bob Johnson, although he only enters the story a bit later, his involvement is imperative for Scott to fleece Ms. Dot. Unequivocally, without the consent of Sheriff Bob, there would be no way Scott would have been able to do as much as he has. If there was an unbiased Sheriff elected in 2016, we would not be here today. Sheriff Bob could and should have disciplined Scott for all his indiscretions. By not doing that Bob has violated the public’s trust. According to the DOJ,

“ Public corruption is a breach of the public’s trust by government officials who use their public office to obtain personal gain.  It is a violation of federal law for any federal, state, or local government official to ask for or receive anything of value in exchange for, or because of, any official act.  Under federal law, any person who offers or pays a bribe is also guilty. 

It is not readily clear as to what Scott gave to Sheriff Bob in return for his crimes to continue. Although I have to say his financials sure beg a lot of questions. Most of the time Bob has been in office he has a fairly steady net worth, roughly around $405K .

2016 financials courtesy of the Florida Ethics Commission
2016 financials cont’d

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Most all the years look similar, except the 2021 disclosure of assets from Jan. 1, 2020 – Dec. 31, 2020.

2020 financials courtesy of the Florida Ethics Commission.

To me, this is unexplainable, considering his income and source of income don’t reflect how the hell that kind of jump could be legitimate.

Clearly, Sheriff Bob is prospering somehow. It seems his business is corruption, and business is booming.

The red flags Sheriff Bob ignored:

  • The 2020 stalking of Marivel Meister which is not documented in by the SRSO despite the fact ECSO did contact them.
  • Open, blatant sexual harassment (dildo panties)
  • Pattern of behavior in abusing law enforcement resources for personal gain
  • Perjury –Scott lied about everything.
  • Abuse of power, also a pattern of behavior
  • Documented interference in Ms. Dot’s affairs

I’m sure there are more but these incidences should have resulted in termination. The question is why? Why would Sheriff Bob taint his legacy/career?

To be continued: next Brian Hoffman