Congratulations Donnie Weathers !!! Fame! Recognition! Pride! Winner!

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That's OK, Donnies division is investigating the illegal, cowardly shooting in the block party on Fordson,

They have job security keeping justice on SHEMS side.

Who needs credible investigation?

“Cowardly Shooting”??? What do you know? I’ll tell you nothing! Like everything on this sight it’s full of inaccurate, half truths and cowardly posts from children who didn’t get it their way. We know it’s an election year and slinging mud is the tactics often used during this time. You can’t attack the Sheriff because of all the great work he’s accomplished so attack the minions. That’s ok they’re not the ones on the ballot this election cycle. Sheriff Whidden will be elected for another 4 more years. Sooner you accept that reality the sooner you can move on with your cowardly life. Let’s correct another inaccuracy posted here. The Sheriffs Office is not doing the Investigation of the officer involved shooting. Shortly after the incident the Sheriffs Office requested FDLE conduct the Investigation to be fair and impartial not only to all those involved but to the community it serves. The facts will come out soon enough and cowards on here will eat their words!

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“Cowardly Shooting”??? What do you know? I’ll tell you nothing! Like everything on this sight it’s full of inaccurate, half truths and cowardly posts from children who didn’t get it their way. We know it’s an election year and slinging mud is the tactics often used during this time. You can’t attack the Sheriff because of all the great work he’s accomplished so attack the minions. That’s ok they’re not the ones on the ballot this election cycle. Sheriff Whidden will be elected for another 4 more years. Sooner you accept that reality the sooner you can move on with your cowardly life. Let’s correct another inaccuracy posted here. The Sheriffs Office is not doing the Investigation of the officer involved shooting. Shortly after the incident the Sheriffs Office requested FDLE conduct the Investigation to be fair and impartial not only to all those involved but to the community it serves. The facts will come out soon enough and cowards on here will eat their words!

Capt. Donald Weathers limited skills and DOCUMENTED reputation of UNTRUTHFULNESS is not something anyone regardless of opinion on this unfolding incident would want anywhere near this. The truth will come out, quite a few will be having meltdowns, some will be vindicated, but one will always be untruthful.

Sheriff Whidden had no choice but to call DLE. An OIS investigation is far, very out of his management and leadership level. Imagine all the improper relationship and "delayed discovery of evidence" too!

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That's OK, Donnies division is investigating the illegal, cowardly shooting in the block party on Fordson,

They have job security keeping justice on SHEMS side.

Who needs credible investigation?

In this case the deputies do. Clean with competent evidence collection, interviews by investigators who do not have a dog in the game except the reality of what happened. FDLE isn't up for re-election. The deputies involved will be vindicated.

Whatever beef and grudge you have with Steve/Sheriff Whidden/or whatever name you choose, consider putting it aside here. Back the deps. You don't have to back the admin. If you do or did wear green, you need to get back in touch with when you would have been in the boots of those deps. Take the green side, not the admin side.

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“Cowardly Shooting”??? What do you know? I’ll tell you nothing! Like everything on this sight it’s full of inaccurate, half truths and cowardly posts from children who didn’t get it their way. We know it’s an election year and slinging mud is the tactics often used during this time. You can’t attack the Sheriff because of all the great work he’s accomplished so attack the minions. That’s ok they’re not the ones on the ballot this election cycle. Sheriff Whidden will be elected for another 4 more years. Sooner you accept that reality the sooner you can move on with your cowardly life. Let’s correct another inaccuracy posted here. The Sheriffs Office is not doing the Investigation of the officer involved shooting. Shortly after the incident the Sheriffs Office requested FDLE conduct the Investigation to be fair and impartial not only to all those involved but to the community it serves. The facts will come out soon enough and cowards on here will eat their words!

You are right. When you speak, you don't tell us nothing, ever, Elmer Fudd

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“Cowardly Shooting”??? What do you know? I’ll tell you nothing! Like everything on this sight it’s full of inaccurate, half truths and cowardly posts from children who didn’t get it their way. We know it’s an election year and slinging mud is the tactics often used during this time. You can’t attack the Sheriff because of all the great work he’s accomplished so attack the minions. That’s ok they’re not the ones on the ballot this election cycle. Sheriff Whidden will be elected for another 4 more years. Sooner you accept that reality the sooner you can move on with your cowardly life. Let’s correct another inaccuracy posted here. The Sheriffs Office is not doing the Investigation of the officer involved shooting. Shortly after the incident the Sheriffs Office requested FDLE conduct the Investigation to be fair and impartial not only to all those involved but to the community it serves. The facts will come out soon enough and cowards on here will eat their words!

He requested FDLE .....or do they always investigate an OIS?

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He requested FDLE .....or do they always investigate an OIS?

It's doubtful you are LE. Considering the animosity directed towards LEs in the community, perhaps its best you seek your own education elsewhere. Why not walk up to the nearest deputy sometime, ask politely if they have a moment to engage in a conversation about the job. Its incredibly simple to do so. Ask about what you want to know.

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Last few days is the quiestest LaBelle has even been. Makes one wonder what really was the problem? An out of control community or a Sheriff's office that pushed racial targeting? Or are deputies scared to go back into a community since illegally shooting two residents?

Again, where are the tapes? When will they be released? Why did Whidden delete his racist post? Why did the likers & reporters delete theirs? Not good for his fan base to have to wear their hoods in the dark.

That's OK, Donnies division is investigating the illegal, cowardly shooting in the block party on Fordson,

They have job security keeping justice on SHEMS side.

Who needs credible investigation?

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Police officer who had video of FMPD captain went from Brady List to Hendry County Sheriff's Office

Devan Patel, Naples Daily NewsPublished 4:46 p.m. ET Nov. 14, 2019

This is a six-month review of the most-read crime stories in Lee County on news-press.com from March 2019 to August 2019. Vonna Keomanyvong, vonna.keomanyvong@naplesnews.com; 239-213-5380

Donald Weathers is the former Fort Myers detective who held onto the 6-year-old video that resulted in the arrest of Capt. Jay Rodriguez on prostitution, perjury and official misconduct charges.

He also holds the dishonor of being among the 14 officers banned from testifying in criminal proceedings by the local state attorney’s office due to concerns over credibility.

Weathers’ misdeeds included untruthfulness and failing to deactivate and disclose a video drug-buy in which a criminal informant performed a sex act on a man later arrested on different drug charges.

This sabotaged several drug prosecutions, including the vacation of a man’s 5-year sentence from a conviction for the sale of heroin, and spawned a civil rights lawsuit from others who had their sentences overturned.

Although he was terminated in 2017, the Hendry County Sheriff’s Office inexplicably hired Weathers, who previously cut his teeth at the department, one year after the state attorney’s office and Department of Law Enforcement felt a perjury charge was too difficult to prove beyond a reasonable doubt.

Read: Fort Myers, police department face civil rights lawsuit because of confidential informant's sexual contact

The Hendry County Sheriff’s Office did not respond to request for comment as to why it hired Weathers given his checkered past.

Weathers’ credibility issues stem from a video drug buy on Feb. 26, 2016, that he failed to disclose.
Weathers, another detective and assistant state attorney Hanna Renna and were lying in wait as their criminal informant, Vicki Neese, purchased heroin from Frank Thomas.

During the purchase, Neese performed a sex act on Thomas. Thomas would be successfully prosecuted for another drug buy but his incident was omitted from an informant activity log, and he never faced charges for the actions that took place that day.

Weathers also omitted this drug buy during a deposition and failed to deactivate Neese for what transpired, constituting a violation of department policy.

The police department uncovered the exculpatory evidence in 2017 after Police Chief Derrick Diggs instructed Lt. Brian O’Reilly to conduct an audit of the Special Investigations Group’s expenditure reports and informant files.

An internal affairs investigation ensued and sustained charges of untruthfulness in an official proceeding, criteria for deactivating informants and informant files.

Weathers had maintained that Renna said he could charge Thomas with two other drug buys and was not required to disclose the Feb. 26, 2016, incident.

Among those interviewed as part of the investigation was Rodriguez, then a lieutenant as part of the Special Investigations Group.

Rodriguez said he was never shown the video and could not recall ever being told about the actions depicted in it. Rodriguez said if he had known of it, he would have deactivated the informant immediately and should have been disclosed as part of any prosecution.

Jill Newhouse, a staff assistant with the department, and another detective told O’Reilly that Rodriguez was made aware of the video but did not know if any actions were taken. The state attorney’s office declined to prosecute Weathers for perjury in official proceedings, a third-degree felony, because he qualified many of his statements with “I think.”

Sex, lies and videotape: Why the Special Investigations Group of the Fort Myers Police Department was reorganized

Assistant state attorney Anthony Kunasek wrote in a memo that the language Weathers used made it “extremely difficult, if not impossible, to show the necessary criminal intent required by law.”
Nonetheless, his credibility was tarnished.“However, based upon the review of the information submitted in its entirety, there is legitimate concern as to Detective Donald Weathers’ judgment and truthfulness,” Kunasek wrote. “This concern significantly impacts the confidence of the State Attorney’s Office and its ability to utilize him as a witness in current and future cases.”

Weathers appealed his termination, but an arbitrator upheld the decision, according to records from the Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission.

An investigator for the commission also no-caused its investigation into Weathers on whether he committed a moral character violation, which could have resulted in his decertification.

An investigator agreed that Weather’s language would prevent it from proving any charges beyond a reasonable doubt and also noted that Weather’s admitted to not being prepared when he misstated informant payment information.
“The arbitrator stated the video and buy should have been disclosed, but only referred to an appearance of dishonesty. The perjury charge was not addressed. Staff recommends no cause based on the state’s attorney's position and lack of evidence to prove the charge, and legal concurs.”

Records from the commission show Weathers was hired by the Hendry County Sheriff’s Office as the commission’s investigation was wrapping up.

Shortly thereafter, Weathers provided the video a woman performing a sex act on Rodriguez during an operation to former officer O'Neil Kerr, who filed a complaint against Rodriguez.

Weathers began his Florida career at the Hendry Correctional Institution in the late 1980s before making the jump to full-time law enforcement duties in the early 1990s.

Among those sharing the same do-not-subpoena status in the 20th Judicial Circuit are:
• Hendry County Sheriff’s Office: Germain Garcia and Robert Archer

Hold your head high Captain W. You make everyone proud to be working in Hendry. If you can make Captain, the sky must be the limit for those of us who don't have the "experience" you do!

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Last few days is the quiestest LaBelle has even been. Makes one wonder what really was the problem? An out of control community or a Sheriff's office that pushed racial targeting? Or are deputies scared to go back into a community since illegally shooting two residents?

Again, where are the tapes? When will they be released? Why did Whidden delete his racist post? Why did the likers & reporters delete theirs? Not good for his fan base to have to wear their hoods in the dark.

FDLE will play politics and release their findings after the elections so Peaches won't call foul when he takes that BIG L this year.

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FDLE will play politics and release their findings after the elections so Peaches won't call foul when he takes that BIG L this year.

You have no credibility or integrity and the liberal judges case law is their fault! It is your job that was brought home! If Peaches loses it is other peoples fault not his because they are liberal and we only do our jobs! So if Peaches loses it is everyone elses fault!