Post by Florida on Dec 1, 2005 11:30:52 GMT -5
Not only is Daniel "Scott" O'Neil a mother fucker, but Deputy Daniel Hirsch is also! I've got a ride for you boys to go on, in a back of a trunk!
Lake County Sheriff Chris Daniels hopefully will make the right decision and fire the two officers. That is unless he feels it's ok for officers in his department to make threats and conspire to make up false criminal charges.
December 01, 2005 - A Lake County family said the very people charged with protecting citizens left a threatening phone call by mistake.
Danielle Holdway and her family have a long history of run-ins with law enforcement, WESH 2 News reported.
So, when Holdway and her mother got into a fight with the owner of a mobile home over rent, it came as no surprise when Lake County sheriff's deputies called.
What did surprise Holdway was the voicemail that deputies left on her cell phone by mistake.
"Then I'm going to go by and jack that mother fucker up," someone on her voicemail said.
The Lake County Sheriff's Office said the voice on the message is Deputy Daniel "Scott" O'Neil talking to Deputy Daniel Hirsch.
The deputies did not realize that they failed to hang up when they called Holdway and she didn't answer. So, her cell phone's voicemail recorded every word as they talked about serving Holdway with a restraining order in the fight over the mobile home.
"It being a civil matter, they're not going to fuck with it," O'Neil allegedly said.
On the tape, the deputies show they know that her case is not criminal and that any charges won't stick. O'Neil then made a startling statement.
"It ain't going to fly because it's not a criminal injunction. It's civil. If that was a criminal matter we could technically hook him up on a, uh, a obstruction," he said.
The "he" they are referring to is acquainted with Holdway. He had called her to tell her the deputies were coming.
"But, uh, the judge would throw it out. He'd go for the ride, but he just wouldn't, which I mean, it doesn't matter to me you know. You may fucking beat the rap but you ain't going to beat the ride. The ride's all the fun. So, I mean, fuck him," he said.
WESH 2 I-Team reporter Stephen Stock played the tape for Lake County Sheriff Chris Daniels.
"It sounds like he's going to trump up charges. He knows it's not going to be criminal and yet he's going to charge him," Stock said.
"And that's the part that concerns me the most, Steve, when you look at the totality of the call. Cleary, the profanity concerns me," Daniels said.
It wasn't the cussing, but the threat the deputies would make up false criminal charges that prompted Daniels to launch an internal affairs investigation.
"The focus of our investigation is on the possibility that the deputy would arrest somebody with less than probable cause knowing full well that the arrest was not valid," Daniels said.
"He's a shit bag. He doesn't know any different," the deputy said on the tape.
"I didn't think that was the way cops operated at all," Holdway said.
"Is it the policy of the Lake County sheriff's deputies to arrest people knowing full well that the charges won't stick?" Stock asked.
"Oh, absolutely not," Daniels said.
"I'll go by and jack his ass up. 'Look mother fucker.' I love getting in somebody's ass," the deputy on the tape said. "I bet you boys do love getting in people's ass, you faggets!"
Even though Daniels does consider this a serious matter, he also is allowing both deputies O'Neil and Hirsch to continue working on the job, making arrests, earning $32,000.
The reason: Right now, Daniels believes the conversation caught on Holdway's cell phone is harmless bragging by two officers who've been on the job for only about a year.
"We just want to make sure that it is locker room bragging versus actual practice," Daniels said.
It's too late for Holdway who says she's has lost whatever faith she had in law enforcement.
"They're the people that are supposed to protect us, not set us up," Holdway said.
The WESH 2 I-Team tried to contact the deputies involved but they did not return multiple requests for comment.
When the sheriff's internal investigation is complete, the deputies face a variety of possible punishments, from no punishment to a reprimand to a suspension, even termination from the Lake County Sheriff's Office.
Lake County Sheriff Chris Daniels hopefully will make the right decision and fire the two officers. That is unless he feels it's ok for officers in his department to make threats and conspire to make up false criminal charges.
December 01, 2005 - A Lake County family said the very people charged with protecting citizens left a threatening phone call by mistake.
Danielle Holdway and her family have a long history of run-ins with law enforcement, WESH 2 News reported.
So, when Holdway and her mother got into a fight with the owner of a mobile home over rent, it came as no surprise when Lake County sheriff's deputies called.
What did surprise Holdway was the voicemail that deputies left on her cell phone by mistake.
"Then I'm going to go by and jack that mother fucker up," someone on her voicemail said.
The Lake County Sheriff's Office said the voice on the message is Deputy Daniel "Scott" O'Neil talking to Deputy Daniel Hirsch.
The deputies did not realize that they failed to hang up when they called Holdway and she didn't answer. So, her cell phone's voicemail recorded every word as they talked about serving Holdway with a restraining order in the fight over the mobile home.
"It being a civil matter, they're not going to fuck with it," O'Neil allegedly said.
On the tape, the deputies show they know that her case is not criminal and that any charges won't stick. O'Neil then made a startling statement.
"It ain't going to fly because it's not a criminal injunction. It's civil. If that was a criminal matter we could technically hook him up on a, uh, a obstruction," he said.
The "he" they are referring to is acquainted with Holdway. He had called her to tell her the deputies were coming.
"But, uh, the judge would throw it out. He'd go for the ride, but he just wouldn't, which I mean, it doesn't matter to me you know. You may fucking beat the rap but you ain't going to beat the ride. The ride's all the fun. So, I mean, fuck him," he said.
WESH 2 I-Team reporter Stephen Stock played the tape for Lake County Sheriff Chris Daniels.
"It sounds like he's going to trump up charges. He knows it's not going to be criminal and yet he's going to charge him," Stock said.
"And that's the part that concerns me the most, Steve, when you look at the totality of the call. Cleary, the profanity concerns me," Daniels said.
It wasn't the cussing, but the threat the deputies would make up false criminal charges that prompted Daniels to launch an internal affairs investigation.
"The focus of our investigation is on the possibility that the deputy would arrest somebody with less than probable cause knowing full well that the arrest was not valid," Daniels said.
"He's a shit bag. He doesn't know any different," the deputy said on the tape.
"I didn't think that was the way cops operated at all," Holdway said.
"Is it the policy of the Lake County sheriff's deputies to arrest people knowing full well that the charges won't stick?" Stock asked.
"Oh, absolutely not," Daniels said.
"I'll go by and jack his ass up. 'Look mother fucker.' I love getting in somebody's ass," the deputy on the tape said. "I bet you boys do love getting in people's ass, you faggets!"
Even though Daniels does consider this a serious matter, he also is allowing both deputies O'Neil and Hirsch to continue working on the job, making arrests, earning $32,000.
The reason: Right now, Daniels believes the conversation caught on Holdway's cell phone is harmless bragging by two officers who've been on the job for only about a year.
"We just want to make sure that it is locker room bragging versus actual practice," Daniels said.
It's too late for Holdway who says she's has lost whatever faith she had in law enforcement.
"They're the people that are supposed to protect us, not set us up," Holdway said.
The WESH 2 I-Team tried to contact the deputies involved but they did not return multiple requests for comment.
When the sheriff's internal investigation is complete, the deputies face a variety of possible punishments, from no punishment to a reprimand to a suspension, even termination from the Lake County Sheriff's Office.