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Federal Lawsuit & Internal Documents Support That The Pasco County Sheriff's Office Is Investigating Allegations Of Corruption Within Their Ranks Read The Attached Complaint Snippet, Along With Email Confirmation From The PCSO |
May 14, 2019 |
~ Daniel Ellsberg (Pentagon Papers fame)
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According to an April 24, 2019 article by the Tampa Bay Times - and as alleged in a recently filed federal lawsuit, "one current and two former employees of the Pasco County Sheriff's Office (PCSO) have accused the agency of retaliating against staffers who report misconduct." In support of the Times' article, this publication recently received information from a "back channel source" that the Pasco County Sheriff's Office (PCSO) was investigating allegations of internal corruption within it's ranks. Many of these allegations centered around PCSO's Major Jeffrey Peake, the commander of the Investigative & Criminal Intelligence Bureau. --->. Law Enforcement Retaliation Our "back channel source" provided us with a snippet from an apparent official PCSO internal complaint filed by a PCSO deputy. The complainant deputy, apparently identified within the Times' article as Deputy Anthony Pearn, reported Major Peake's desire to have a local woman illegally arrested, in retaliation of her posting a booking mugshot of an arrested PCSO deputy to her Facebook page. (Deputy Nicholas Carmack). Deputy Nicholas Carmack, and his K9 partner "Shep" were big media sensations because of the PCSO's participation in the A&E television series, "LIVE PD". According to Deputy Pearn's complaint - Major Peake wanted Pearn to discover ways of having the local woman, and her family arrested, because he (Peake) stated the concern that "we cannot let someone say bad shit about the sheriff's office, we need to lock her up." see report---> Per Deputy Pearn's report - he felt that Major Peake's requested actions against the local woman were both a "misuse of power and unethical". Pearn refused to participate in the alleged retaliation against the woman. By the very next month (November 2018), Deputy Pearn's employment with the PCSO was terminated. Pearn alleges that his termination is directly connected with his refusal to retaliate against an innocent citizen. Sorting The Facts From The Fiction This publication can not confirm, nor can we ignore, the complaints of misconduct that are coming out of the PCSO. Are the complaints true, .... who knows? But, with that said - this publication has always found the law enforcement based social media site of "LEOAFFAIRS.COM", to be a good sounding board in sorting out the facts from the fiction. Major Peake doesn't seem to be highly revered within law enforcement social media posts. Expiration Of Record Release Exemption This publication attempted to secure for our readers a complete copy of Deputy Pearn's complaint. We filed a public record request with the PCSO, within our May 10, 2019 email to PCSO officials (see right of page -->). However, PCSO officials advised this publication that they were declaring a statutory exemption (F.S. 119.071(2)(k) - see below) in releasing the complete complaint to the public. In short, the PCSO declared that their internal affairs investigation was still "active". PCSO then placed this publication on notice that the public release of any documents attached to their "investigation" was in violation of the law. Further, a PCSO official placed this publication "on notice" that they (PCSO) were expecting us (VolusiaExposed.Com) to identify the individual that provided us with a document associated with their "investigation". We were also advised that if we did not identify our source - that such, may subject this publication "to criminal penalties for obstruction of a law enforcement investigation". From our perspective, this publication has no responsibilities in assisting the PCSO in their "investigation". Furthermore, since these matters appear to date back to October 2018, this publication suspects that the "investigation" may no longer be considered "ACTIVE" (see below 0 F.S. 112.533(2)(b)) , therefore, records attached to the "investigationn" may no longer be exempt from public record release (Our Non-Legal OPINION). |
Pasco County Sheriff's Office Major Jeffrey Peake 
---------- TAMPA BAY TIMES April 24, 2019 Click Below To Open Tampa Bay Times Article 
---------- Snippet Of PCSO Internal Affairs Complaint Apparently Filed By A Rank Member Of The PCSO Click Below Text To Open As A PDF Document 
---------- Snippet From The Law Enforcement Social Media Site ~ LEOAFFAIRS.COM Read Social Media Comments Regarding Deputy Carmack & Major Peake Click Below Text To Open As A PDF Document 
---------- Email Communications Between VolusiaExposed.Com & PCSO Click Below Text To Open As A PDF Document  
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