Ms. Jessie Weissman, Sarasota SAO prosecutor

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Assistant State Attorney Jessie Weissman, Sarasota prosecutor

Assistant State Attorney Jessie Weissman, a Sarasota prosecutor who is one of the office's DUI specialists, was involved in two consecutive suspicious early morning crashes just minutes apart.

According to the first written version of Trooper Flow's crash report, Weissman was on Interstate 75 when the crash occurred. Myron Davis and his family were driving ahead of Weissman. Davis, 44, was in his car with five other people, including his wife.

Davis noticed the headlights of Weissman's Honda approaching from behind at a “very fast speed.”

“We got rear-ended. She came right from behind us and she hit us real hard,” Davis said. “She pushed me up. We almost lost control. We was in the middle lane. We moved over to the right to stop on the shoulder, and she got in front of me, but instead of getting over and stopping, she just took off.”

Davis' wife immediately called 911.

Davis was able to give the dispatcher Weissman's tag number and reported that driver exited I75 on Clark Road. But Weissman didn't stop there. “She running,” Davis told the dispatcher. “She going back on the interstate.”

Weissman then exited the interstate a second time at Fruitville Road. “She just ran a red light,” Davis told the dispatcher. “She just ran another red light. Now she's crashed into a sign.”

There is no mention of how or where the rear of Davis' vehicle was damaged. Weisman's division chief, Art Jackman said “Law enforcement has not referred any criminal violations to our office and we have confirmed there was no evidence of impairment.”

Davis said, “I figured she was somebody special.”

Even though law enforcement concluded Weissman was not impaired, Davis and his family disagree. “She looked like she was on something. When she got out of her car, I had a visual on her. She was wobbly. Her eyes were different.”

Even though Davis told dispatchers twice that Weissman was “driving drunk,” and even though the prosecutor had been involved in two consecutive accidents — the last one involving a brick sign — troopers did not ask her to submit to any field sobriety tests.

“She hit us hard, and then was driving 80-90 miles per hour, trying to get away from us,” he said. “The way they treated us was like we was at fault. She hit us and she didn't stop! She said she didn't hit us. They said it was her word against ours.” During the first crash, Myron Davis was in his car with:
- Angela, 40
- Malik, 17
- Joseph Hodge, 15
- Carlo Thompson, 25
- Joevon Turner, 15.

According to Trooper Flow's report, Weissman denied rear-ending Davis' Dodge and the trooper took her at her word. Trooper flow wrote, “Due to a lack of independent witnesses and the fact that Weissman crashed, I am unable to determine if the front of Weissman's vehicle collided with the rear of Davis's. No charges will be filed."

None of the three Sarasota deputies were equipped with cameras. Neither Trooper Flow nor the other troopers activated their cameras, said FHP spokesman Lt. Greg Bueno. “When a trooper responds to an accident and the lights come on, the cameras come on,” Bueno said. “However, troopers didn't turn on their cameras because deputies were already present.”

After the Herald-Tribune began asking questions about the accident, Trooper Flow changed his crash report. He filed an amended report, removing Weissman's information and her vehicle information from the report.

According to sources, Weissman called Sarasota sheriff's Sgt. Chuck Flint after her second consecutive crash and asked him for help. Flint is in charge of the county's DUI task force, and is a personal friend of Weissman, but he was off-duty at the time of the call.

Deputy Shaun Martin and Sgt. James Darby then... .

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“She hit us hard, and then was driving 80-90 miles per hour, trying to get away from us,” Davis said. “The way they treated us was like we was at fault. She hit us and she didn't stop! She said she didn't hit us. They said it was her word against ours.”

During the crash, Myron Davis was in his car with:
- Angela Davis, 40
- Malik Davis, 17
- Joseph Hodge, 15
- Carlo Thompson, 25
- Joevon Turner, 15.

According to Trooper Flow's report, Weissman denied rear-ending Davis' Dodge and the trooper took her at her word. Trooper flow wrote, “Due to a lack of independent witnesses, I am unable to determine if Weissman's vehicle collided with the rear of Davis's vehicle. No charges will be filed."

In-car cameras for citizens are dirt cheap now and range in price from $70 to $350. To avoid law enforcement clusters and prosecutorial favoritism, it's best to equip your civilian car with your own dash-cam to prevent your next crash from being a "he said she said" case. People lie!

http://www.brickhousesecurity.com/ca...car+cameras.do

If Davis had his own in-car camera, then it's possible that Weisman might be fired. Only the the crash victim (Davis) and the five witnesses know for sure!

And Tom Knight still refuses to allow patrol deputies to wear bodycams. That's totally nuts. I would wear one in a New York minute because it would protect me.

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In-car cameras for citizens are dirt cheap now and range in price from $70 to $350. To avoid law enforcement clusters and prosecutorial favoritism, it's best to equip your civilian car with your own dash-cam to prevent your next crash from being a "he said she said" case. People lie!

http://www.brickhousesecurity.com/ca...car+cameras.do

If Davis had his own in-car camera, then it's possible that Weisman might be fired. Only the the crash victim (Davis) and the five witnesses know for sure!

And Tom Knight still refuses to allow patrol deputies to wear bodycams. That's totally nuts. I would wear one in a New York minute because it would protect me.

If Knight allowed deputies to wear body cams, then none of this questioning of ethical or unethical practices would be happening. The bodycams would show Wiseman's behavior, speech, slurred speech or whatever. Everything would be cleared up with body cams. Conversely, if body cams were worn at the scene, then Wiseman might have been arrested for DUI and For fleeing the scene of a crash -- and then crashing while she was fleeing.

And yes, it's a good idea for citizens to get their own dash cams because they're so inexpensive now. But it's pretty sad when a citizen has to do that -- just because Knight claims that he is scared to allow deputies to wear body cams because he is scared of getting sued when body cam footage is released to the public.

A still picture is worth a thousand words and cameras are worth 10,000 words.

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SSO traffic units have dashcams. Why weren't they on when they arrived on scene to Wiseman's crash?

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Videotaping crash scenes is as much about convicting the guilty, as well as freeing the innocent. But sometimes it can be a catch 22. Would you really want videotape of this incident? Honestly?

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The whole thing from A-Z is bizarre and it makes us look bad all around.

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The whole thing from A-Z is bizarre and it makes us look bad all around.

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Fortunately for us, the public is stupid and they will believe everything we say.

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Fortunately for us, the public is stupid and they will believe everything we say.

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Not so fast Kemo Sabe!!! Take a look at the citizens comments at the bottom of the article and you're in for a rude awakening in reality.

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Not so fast Kemo Sabe!!! Take a look at the citizens comments at the bottom of the article and you're in for a rude awakening in reality.

This is far from over.....more like, its just starting!!!

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Wait until someone starts trying to explain the deleted text messages and calls on personal cells phones by the LEO participants and certain prosecutors. Oh wait, who's going to investigate that??