It's good he's off the street. |
Obviously, we don't condone this type of behavior. We will say that all three deputies came forward when we approached them with this information, which we received in an anonymous letter. From the get-go, we believe that they were truthful with us, and certainly that helps their cases, because it's hard to prove these things. |
She has been known to sneak out in the past. |
She's by herself, she has no relatives in Manatee. |
That was a good bust. We were very fortunate that someone saw this. |
That's a pretty busy intersection there. |
That's where the key players are - the family, the friends. We're not going to get tunnel vision in this investigation. |
The 19-year-old turned himself in after we got in touch with him. |
The juvenile was seen by one of the children on the bus. |
The only thing that didn't come through was the one that got away - but we'll get him. |
The public has the right to be informed. But there's certain things that we're obviously not going to release because it could jeopardize the investigation. |
The rest is at our own discretion. We're going to withhold information to protect the investigation, such as where a shooting victim was shot. |
The sheriff and I have both been here almost 20 years. In this time, we've had occasional cases like this, but the last couple months have been extremely unusual. |
There are tons of examples in which we can't get a hold of anyone when we want to find a relative. It can't but help to have a backup contact. |
There could be additional arrests. It's still an ongoing investigation. |