Post by KC on Mar 15, 2006 23:29:33 GMT -5
03/15/2006-
Possessing child pornography is the latest charge facing a Collier County sheriff's deputy, capping off what has already been a tumultuous month for the Sheriff's Office.
Charles "Jay" Jonas Green, 54, served as a deputy sheriff in Collier County for 27 years. He was fired Tuesday after being charged with 69 counts of possessing child pornography, authorities said.
"Jay Green besmirched us all, and our reputations," Sheriff Don Hunter said Tuesday. "I cannot express the amount of disappointment and sadness we feel about our reputation and what has happened."
After his arrest Monday, Green became the fourth Collier deputy under investigation this month. Lt. Scott K. Anderson, 41, was arrested Thursday on a warrant charging him with three counts of withholding information from a medical practitioner, in an attempt to obtain controlled substances.
Florida Department of Law Enforcement officials are also investigating two shootings involving Collier County deputies last week.
On March 6, Cpl. Craig Marshall, 35, reported he was shot in the shoulder by an unknown shooter. Officials are investigating whether the shooting was accidental or self-inflicted, said Brigid O'Malley, spokeswoman for the Sheriff's Office.
Officials also are investigating whether the March 8 fatal shooting of an Immokalee man, Charlie C. Torres, 34, by 27-year-old Deputy Brian Cohen, was justified. Cohen reported Torres attempted to run him down with a stolen truck, prompting the deputy to shoot at the suspect.
Green was arrested at 10:45 Monday night at the Golden Gate substation, where he worked as a road patrol officer. He is being held at the Lee County jail, which is standard procedure in cases involving law enforcement officers who work in Collier County, O'Malley said.
Green's bond was set at $172,500 — $2,500 for each count filed against him, authorities said.
According to police reports, Green's wife, Pauline Green, brought his personal computer to Byte Shop Computers in Naples for repairs on Feb. 21. A technician at the repair shop, Dacian Nistor, reported to the Sheriff's Office on Feb. 22 he found pornographic images of children.
Deputies obtained a search warrant on Feb. 23 and conducted a forensic exam on the computer, according to reports. Deputies reported finding 69 files containing child pornography, including videos of underage boys and girls engaged in sexual activity with each other, adults and, in some cases, members of their families.
After checking a spread sheet of times confirming Green's on-duty hours, investigators reported Green was downloading the images while he was off duty.
The latest charge isn't the first time Green has gotten in trouble with the Sheriff's Office because of pornography.
Green was demoted from field lieutenant — a supervisor position — to corporal after investigators discovered pornographic images on his agency-issued laptop computer in 2001.
The images found on Green's work computer were of rape and female sexual organs, but did not include child pornography, according to reports.
Green was placed on probation for six months, and received a pay cut, due to his demotion, according to personnel files at the Sheriff's Office.
Hunter said the Sheriff's Office will not revamp its hiring policies in light of its recent troubles. Each applicant undergoes extensive psychological and physical screening's before they are accepted as deputies, he said. Only about 7 percent of applicants are offered jobs with the department, he said.
"Child pornography is so far out of bounds, that we did not expect anything like this of Deputy Green," Hunter said. "Unfortunately, there's no accounting for human behavior. Our screening's "can only go so far."
Possessing child pornography is the latest charge facing a Collier County sheriff's deputy, capping off what has already been a tumultuous month for the Sheriff's Office.
Charles "Jay" Jonas Green, 54, served as a deputy sheriff in Collier County for 27 years. He was fired Tuesday after being charged with 69 counts of possessing child pornography, authorities said.
"Jay Green besmirched us all, and our reputations," Sheriff Don Hunter said Tuesday. "I cannot express the amount of disappointment and sadness we feel about our reputation and what has happened."
After his arrest Monday, Green became the fourth Collier deputy under investigation this month. Lt. Scott K. Anderson, 41, was arrested Thursday on a warrant charging him with three counts of withholding information from a medical practitioner, in an attempt to obtain controlled substances.
Florida Department of Law Enforcement officials are also investigating two shootings involving Collier County deputies last week.
On March 6, Cpl. Craig Marshall, 35, reported he was shot in the shoulder by an unknown shooter. Officials are investigating whether the shooting was accidental or self-inflicted, said Brigid O'Malley, spokeswoman for the Sheriff's Office.
Officials also are investigating whether the March 8 fatal shooting of an Immokalee man, Charlie C. Torres, 34, by 27-year-old Deputy Brian Cohen, was justified. Cohen reported Torres attempted to run him down with a stolen truck, prompting the deputy to shoot at the suspect.
Green was arrested at 10:45 Monday night at the Golden Gate substation, where he worked as a road patrol officer. He is being held at the Lee County jail, which is standard procedure in cases involving law enforcement officers who work in Collier County, O'Malley said.
Green's bond was set at $172,500 — $2,500 for each count filed against him, authorities said.
According to police reports, Green's wife, Pauline Green, brought his personal computer to Byte Shop Computers in Naples for repairs on Feb. 21. A technician at the repair shop, Dacian Nistor, reported to the Sheriff's Office on Feb. 22 he found pornographic images of children.
Deputies obtained a search warrant on Feb. 23 and conducted a forensic exam on the computer, according to reports. Deputies reported finding 69 files containing child pornography, including videos of underage boys and girls engaged in sexual activity with each other, adults and, in some cases, members of their families.
After checking a spread sheet of times confirming Green's on-duty hours, investigators reported Green was downloading the images while he was off duty.
The latest charge isn't the first time Green has gotten in trouble with the Sheriff's Office because of pornography.
Green was demoted from field lieutenant — a supervisor position — to corporal after investigators discovered pornographic images on his agency-issued laptop computer in 2001.
The images found on Green's work computer were of rape and female sexual organs, but did not include child pornography, according to reports.
Green was placed on probation for six months, and received a pay cut, due to his demotion, according to personnel files at the Sheriff's Office.
Hunter said the Sheriff's Office will not revamp its hiring policies in light of its recent troubles. Each applicant undergoes extensive psychological and physical screening's before they are accepted as deputies, he said. Only about 7 percent of applicants are offered jobs with the department, he said.
"Child pornography is so far out of bounds, that we did not expect anything like this of Deputy Green," Hunter said. "Unfortunately, there's no accounting for human behavior. Our screening's "can only go so far."