South Florida Deputy on Trial for Stealing Phone From Citizen Recording Him

by Carlos Miller

Broward County sheriff?s deputy Paul Pletcher was off-duty when he got into road rage altercation with another woman, so he pulled her over, stormed up to her truck and began berating her.

Her passenger pulled out a cell phone and began video recording, clearly capturing him saying, ?give me the phone,? three times before reaching into the vehicle and snatching the phone.

Pletcher then drove off, smashing the phone in a nearby parking lot, where it was later retrieved by Plantation police officer, whom were responding to the woman?s call.

Pletcher was eventually arrested and charged with several felonies where he is facing 11 years in prison.

His trial began this week.

His defense: He thought the phone was a concealed weapon, which caused him to fear for his life.

That fear is evident from the recovered video, which captured the following exchange:

?Give me the phone!? he repeated, reaching into the car and toward the camera lens.

?No talking to me like that.?

?Give me the phone, Now!?

?Don?t touch me.?

?Give me the phone!?

?Wait! Wait!?

Despite the visual and audio evidence against him that he was committing strong-armed robbery, his attorney is still able to look the jury in the eye and state the following:

??Paul Pletcher saw somebody who was driving erratically ? Paul Pletcher took the position that when that cell phone was out and being used it could have been a concealed weapon.?

Pletcher has gotten away with stealing cameras from citizens before, so he is confident he will get away with this crime, especially considering it took authorities seven months to charge him after the 2011 incident and more than a year to fire him, which might explain his smirking mugshot and his celebratory Facebook page.

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Oh yea the tried and true bullshit excuse, but I am always in fear for my whinny life that, that phone looked like an anti tank weapon and I shit my pants in absolute fear. You worthless pos and that includes your sparkle pony bitch of a lawyer.

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Deputy Fired for Running Red Light & Killing Teen Reinstated with Back Pay

Chris | InformationLiberation

Whoever said "crime doesn't pay" never worked for the state.

From The Lacrosse Tribune:

A former La Crosse County Sheriff?s deputy fired after she killed a Holmen teenager in a 2010 crash has won her job back.

In a ruling released Monday, an arbitrator ordered Trisha Stratman be returned to duty with back pay of about 20 months.

Stratman was responding to a call for help at a Holmen bar fight in the early morning of July 18, 2010, when she drove through a red light at more than 90 mph just as 16-year-old Brandon Jennings pulled into the intersection.

Jennings was thrown from his vehicle and died at the scene.

A jury acquitted Stratman on a charge of homicide by negligent operation, but she was fired in 2011 after an internal investigation found she violated department policy.

Must be nice to get rewarded with a paid vacation for killing someone.
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File a civil lawsuit against her and the county Her actions are criminally negligent but of course a judge thats part of the same criminal syndicate as cops in our justice system would let her get her job back. Wow, what a windfall. I'm curious why they would give her the job back. Because of her good judgment and great driving skills? Do they feel so much safer with her patrolling the streets? I think normal people wouldn't even want that job back after killing someone, much less have the nerve to seek back pay for the service. For all too many it seems when they put on the uniform they must first remove all decency and empathy. Does she think she just hit a bug with the windshield? Push the wipers and move on. The life of a common man or his kid just doesn't seem to be worth much these days. We the mundanes,are chattle to our omnipotent LEO band of dilinquent thugs, hail to our heros and champions of peace. Is that crack smiling for her mug shot, how typical. That looks like a departmental photo, not a mugshot. Still, she's a piece of shit bad cop and should be fired. 90mph to get to a bar fight, wow I just can't hardly grasp the importance of this call. If people choose to go to a bar don't they accept some measure of risk? The speed limit and red lights seen reasonable to obey in this Highly dangerous and potentially devastating emergency call to a BAR FIGHT, in the early morning, that might just destroy the whole community unless stopped. On the other hand, this poor kid following the rules of passing through a green light, had no reason to believe those he pays to serve him would eventually KILL him; by an act even my 14 year old, that does not drive yet, knows is a very dangerous and illegal thing to do.
This is grade school driver training 101, you have to be a complete idiot to speed, 90 fing miles per hour, through a RED light. Did anyone check to see if she was drunk, I hope she was, else she might just be the stupidest human on the road. Don't just through the book at her, launch the whole fricking legal code including the shelfs, brackets and screws along with it. 90mph through a RED LIGHT does anyone need more? You try that and daylight will be a distant memory. One set of laws for police officers and another set of laws for everyone else.

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Friends and family will protest deputy killing of innocent Leesburg man

By Erica Rodriguez, Orlando Sentinel

Friends, family and likely some customers of the Leesburg pizza delivery man shot by deputies this week will gather downtown Tavares to demand answers from law enforcement Thursday.

About 1:30 a.m. Sunday, a Lake County Sheriff's deputy shot and killed 26-year-old Andrew Lee Scott after he opened the door to his apartment armed with a gun. Deputies were on the hunt for attempted murder suspect Jonathan Brown, 31, who allegedly severely beat a man and fled the scene on a motorcycle within the same hour. Deputies saw the motorcycle parked in front of Scott's apartment and knocked on his door without announcing themselves expecting to find Brown. A Sheriff's Office spokesman said Scott pointed the gun at the three deputies and one deputy responded with deadly force. Brown was later found in a nearby building and arrested.

Brian Evey, Scott's friend and manager at Hungry Howie's Pizza, said the group wants to know why the deputy shot and killed Scott and more about the deputies' decision that night not to announce their presence.

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At 1:30 in the morning, they are on the hunt?

Only scum would come banging on your door on 1:30am,
or someone in trouble.

Of course he answers the door with protection.

Now they kill ya for protecting yourself.

Protect and Serve the People

Don't open your door at 1:30 am, call Police!

Let intruders break in, Than protect yourself.

i agree with the last poster. Let them kick the door in then, protect yourself. i learned a long time ago that ,if you accidentally draw on a cop,whatever you do, do not lower your weapon because, they will shoot you anyway. If you have a gun you may as well start blazing because, again they aren't going to ask questions until they've shot you. It's very unfortunate but, the police have built this fear with their tactics. The sad part is when people began to do like the cops and shoot first and a few cops die they will only make examples of those people in court instead of changing policy.

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