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    Charlotte county sheriff bill prummell gets away with nepotism

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    Sheriff Prummell cleared in state ethics investigation

    No probable cause was found by the Florida Commission on Ethics

    By ANNA BRYSON

    STAFF WRITER

    The Florida Commission on Ethics unanimously voted to scrap the investigation into Charlotte County Sheriff Bill Prummell.

    The complaint was submitted by Andrew Sheets in June. It alleged that Prummell misused his position of power to benefit his son-in-law, Deputy Peter DiPiazza, who was involved in a car crash while on duty.

    The complaint was received by the state about a week after Sheets filed to run for Charlotte County Sheriff against Prummell, who has held the office for eight years now.

    “...It can only be reasonably assumed that the complaint is politically motivated and intended to damage the Sheriff’s reputation prior to the election,” wrote Robert Wayne Evans, who serves as General

    Counsel for the Florida Sheriffs Association and represented Prummell in the investigation.

    SEE CLEARED, 3B

    Charlotte County Sheriff Bill Prummell

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    CLEARED

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    In July, Evans requested that the complaint be dismissed as legally insufficient. But it was not dismissed, and the Florida Commission on Ethics investigated the complaint.

    The crash that spurred the ethics complaint happened on Feb. 2, 2020.

    Prummell’s son-in-law, Deputy DiPiazza, rear-ended Deputy Richard Carley’s patrol vehicle at South McCall Road and Winchester Boulevard.

    DiPiazza said he was momentarily distracted when he collided with a Marine Patrol truck stopped for a red light on Winchester, according to the incident report.

    Neither deputy was injured. However, Carley’s vehicle had an estimated $2,000 to $3,000 damage and DiPiazza’s new SUV was totaled, with more than $10,000 in damage. DiPiazza did not receive a ticket for failing to stop at the traffic signal.

    The CCSO Crash Review Board reviewed the crash, and on March 9, DiPiazza received a letter of reprimand for causing the “preventable” crash. He was also ordered to take remedial driving training at the CCSO training division. The letter stated that DiPiazza violated CCSO’s policy of “careless handling or unintentional abuse of equipment or vehicles resulting in loss or damage.”

    In the complaint filed against the sheriff, Sheets alleged that DiPiazza was not properly disciplined because he is the sheriff’s son-in-law.

    DiPiazza was hired at CCSO in 2017 and married Prummell’s daughter in 2019, according to the complaint.

    Sheets said the sheriff vacated from his normal practices by not having an outside agency, like Florida Highway Patrol, investigate the crash. There was also no internal affairs investigation, Sheets noted.

    However, Florida Highway Patrol only investigates crashes that lead to personal injury or death. Neither deputy involved in the crash was injured.

    According to the investigation, proper procedures were followed.

    Six members of the CCSO Crash Review Board were interviewed for the investigation, and they all stated that there was no influence or involvement by Sheriff Prummell related to the Crash Review Board’s finding or disciplinary recommendation.

    Melody Hadley, the Advocate for the Florida Commission on Ethics, recommended no probable cause for the complaint.

    On Friday, the commission voted unanimously that there were no grounds to believe Prummell misused his position to benefit his son-in-law.

    “The hearing was an absolute joke,” Sheets wrote in an email to The Daily Sun. “Like I said for years, Charlotte County Sheriff is corrupt. They had the evidence and committed nepotism and misuse of office and/or position but within 15 minutes they said they have collected evidence and believe he is not guilty.”

    Prummell did not respond to a request for comment on Wednesday, when the findings of the investigation were released. Email: anna.bryson@yoursun.com

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    I was looking at transferring from Lee to Charlotte, you guys have a good hard working Sheriff not like In Lee. Our Sheriff is an idiot and has no idea what he is doing. At leat Bill does. He is a real boss and cares about the boats on the ground.

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    You missed the big one

    The HR director was accused and admitted to sexual harassment of a female HR supervisor and it was jaw dropping. What happened with this when she complained? Let me tell you. He got two weeks off and she got demoted to a jail clerk. I guess Federal law regarding sexual harassment does not apply to Charlotte County Sheriff's Office. I wonder if the HE Director said to Prummell's daughter what he said to his subordinate if the outcome would be the same. Hoping Ms. Bryson looks into this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Unregistered View Post
    I was looking at transferring from Lee to Charlotte, you guys have a good hard working Sheriff not like In Lee. Our Sheriff is an idiot and has no idea what he is doing. At leat Bill does. He is a real boss and cares about the boats on the ground.

    Lolollololoololloll you should probably ask some of the employees

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    I was looking at transferring from Lee to Charlotte, you guys have a good hard working Sheriff not like In Lee. Our Sheriff is an idiot and has no idea what he is doing. At leat Bill does. He is a real boss and cares about the boats on the ground.
    Stop it Kevin! This is NOT a viable employee retention plan.

    Kevin: Our plan for the next six months is to provide false flag information on social media which will spread amongst the troops faster than truthful news from surrounding agencies. This will increase retention!

    Sheriff: I like it! How soon can you implement?

    Kevin: Already done Sir. Already done. . . . . . . . Bwahahaha!

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    I'm really a Lee County deputy applying. Carmine in really bad. Charlotte seems cleaner smaller and nicer.

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    Bill prummell is the most corrupt sheriff we have ever had,hes a felon

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