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Federal investigation of Hunter Biden reaches critical juncture, sources say Washington (CNN)The federal investigation into Hunter Biden's business activities is nearing a critical juncture as investigators weigh possible charges and prosecutors confront Justice Department guidelines to generally avoid bringing politically sensitive cases close to an election, according to people briefed on the matter. While no final decision has been made on whether to bring charges against President Joe Biden's son, sources say the probe has intensified in recent months along with discussions among Delaware-based prosecutors, investigators running the probe and officials at Justice Department headquarters. David Weiss, the US Attorney in Delaware, is leading the probe, which dates back to as early as 2018. Discussions recently have centered around possibly bringing charges that could include alleged tax violations and making a false statement in connection with Biden's purchase of a firearm at a time he would have been prohibited from doing so because of his acknowledged struggles with drug addiction. The investigation of the President's son has loomed large among the politically fraught issues Merrick Garland faces as attorney general. Weiss is one of a handful of appointees of former President Donald Trump who were kept on by the Biden administration because they were overseeing politically sensitive investigations. CNN reporter reveals new details in Hunter Biden investigation 01:39 Adding to the pressure, Republicans in Congress have already announced that if they take over the House of Representatives after the midterm elections, they plan to launch new investigations and hold hearings to examine the conduct of Hunter Biden and others in the Biden family. Also potentially in play are Justice Department guidelines governing politically sensitive investigations during an election year. Current and former Justice Department officials say there is an unwritten rule that prosecutors avoid bringing politically sensitive cases within 60 days of an election. Some current and former Justice officials have debated whether the rules necessarily apply in this instance since Joe Biden isn't on the ballot in the midterms. A lawyer for Hunter Biden declined to comment. The US Attorney's Office in Delaware declined to comment. Hunter Biden has not been charged with any crimes and has previously denied any wrongdoing. His father is not being investigated as part of the probe of his son's business activities, according to sources who have been briefed. Narrowing the focus The Justice Department investigation initially focused on Hunter Biden's financial and business activities in foreign countries dating to when Joe Biden was vice president. But investigators have examined a swath of broader conduct, including whether Hunter Biden and associates violated money laundering, campaign finance, tax and foreign lobbying laws, as well as whether Hunter Biden broke federal firearm and other regulations, multiple sources said. As the investigation has entered its final stages, prosecutors have narrowed their focus to tax and gun-related charges, the people say. Justice officials have debated the strength of the case for months, and have held discussions about whether more work is needed before deciding on possible charges. Those discussions have involved investigators from the FBI and IRS Criminal Investigation agency and prosecutors in Delaware and at Justice Department headquarters, CNN previously reported. Hunter Biden has publicly discussed his own substance abuse struggles, and some Justice officials questioned whether his open discussions of his past drug use could potentially weaken their case should they bring one. Some officials have noted that Biden could argue he wasn't aware of wrongdoing because he was on drugs, one source said. CNN has previously reported that some officials were concerned it could be a defense, but more recently, Justice officials have coalesced around the view that Biden's own public accounts of his recovery show he was fully responsible for actions now under scrutiny, according to the person familiar with the discussions. In the meetings, officials also discussed the timing of any possible indictment given the sensitivity of bringing a politically connected case close to an election, another person said. Justice Department memoranda advise prosecutors against bringing any cases or taking any overt investigative steps with the purpose of impacting an election or providing an advantage or disadvantage to any candidate. Garland issued a memo in May to prosecutors reiterating the department's stance on election year sensitivities. The memo is one attorneys general send every election year, and generally advises prosecutors about avoiding making major investigative or charging decisions near an election to avoid the perception of partisan motives. In 2018, the last year of congressional midterm elections, prosecutors with the US attorney's office in Manhattan charged two politically sensitive cases in August: one against Michael Cohen, Trump's former personal attorney, and another against Chris Collins, then a Republican congressman and early Trump supporter who was up for reelection that year. In both cases, prosecutors made their charging decisions with the elections in mind, people familiar with the cases said. Cohen pleaded guilty that August to campaign finance, tax and other charges and completed a three-year prison sentence. Collins, who won his reelection while under indictment, later pleaded guilty and resigned his seat. Collins was sentenced to 26 months in prison but only served two months after he was pardoned by former President Donald Trump. Trump Justice officials pushed back on a request by New York prosecutors to execute a search warrant on Rudy Giuliani, one of Trump's personal attorneys, during the months around the 2020 election. The Biden Justice Department later greenlit the search, which was approved by a federal judge.

Might be true for some things.

Are those sold at Harbor Freight?

Can't beat a Generac unless you want to spend much more.

Ok, not sure where that is/was. I live 17 miles from Winter, 1 daughter lived there till last year.

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Close this content, you can also use the Escape key at anytime Russia Says It’s Losing Because Ukraine Has Experimental Mutant Troops Created in Secret Biolabs Allison Quinn Tue, July 19, 2022 at 5:45 AM Nearly five months into its senseless war against Ukraine, Russia has concocted a wild new explanation for why the Kremlin’s plans for a quick takeover fell apart so spectacularly—because Ukrainian troops were turned into superhuman killing machines during “secret experiments” in American-run biolabs, of course. Never mind the myriad reports of Russian troops refusing to fight by the thousands, sabotaging their own shoddy equipment and even deliberately wounding themselves to abandon the war, Russian lawmakers claim the real setback for Moscow was “drugged up” Ukrainian soldiers. That claim was made Monday by two Russian lawmakers heading up a commission to investigate “biolaboratories” in Ukraine, Kommersant reported. Konstantin Kosachev, the deputy speaker of Russia’s Federation Council, and Irina Yarovaya, deputy chair of the State Duma, touted what they described as bombshell findings from the “investigation.” Testing of Ukrainian POWs’ blood, they claimed, uncovered “a range of diseases” that suggest they were secretly experimented on “for military purposes.” “And we see: the cruelty and barbarity with which the military personnel of Ukraine behave, the crimes that they commit against the civilian population, those monstrous crimes that they commit against prisoners of war, confirm that this system for the control and creation of a cruel murder machine was implemented under the management of the United States,” Yarovaya was quoted telling reporters. Watch: Russia fires rockets at Ukraine mall with over 1,000 inside Russia fires rockets at Ukraine mall with over 1,000 inside On Monday, Russia fired a series of rockets at a crowded shopping center in Kremenchuk, Ukraine. The assault raised concerns that Russian President Vladimir Putin is stepping up its attacks on civilian structures regardless of the loss of life. “And those performance enhancing drugs that they are still given in order to completely neutralize the last traces of human consciousness and turn them into the most cruel and deadly monsters also confirm this,” she claimed. Bizarrely, she also claimed that the presence of Hepatitis A antibodies in Ukrainian prisoners’ blood was proof of an American biolabs conspiracy, since a former health minister for Ukraine was a dual Ukrainian-American citizen who had worked to acquire drugs for the treatment of hepatitis in the country. “It is quite possible that this was about testing these drugs on military personnel,” Yarovaya said. The claims appeared to be a new take on the biolabs conspiracy theory that Russia’s Defense Ministry has routinely rolled out to try and justify the war. While the conspiracy theory dates all the way back to the Soviet Union, it has been amplified more frequently by Kremlin figures after the Feb. 24 invasion, as Moscow’s initial claim that it invaded Ukraine in order to “de-Nazify” a country led by a Jewish president failed to gain much traction beyond its own domestic propaganda. The latest iteration appears to be aimed at explaining away Russia’s military setbacks by way of mutant Ukrainian troops.

What was the name of the place by Winter, Wi.

The only prescription drug I took was Lisinopril for blood pressure but I stopped taking it as I can't go to the Doctor without wearing a mask which I don't do as I have had Asthma my whole life and can't breathe wearing them, Doctor said I would die within a couple months if I stopped taking the Drug, that was July 2021, still here. I lowered my BP by drinking a glass of Beet root juice every morning and a Tablespoon of X-Virgin Olive oil, it went from 194/92 to +/- 116/62 depending on when I check it which I do many times every day.

Happens here quite often, I hear busts on my Scanner every week, paper lists 100% of every court case and every penalty for all offenses, many are for Weed use and possession.

I had a big enough problem with Alcohol till 1981 when I ended up in St. Lukes Hospital, I never drank again and Drugs had never been on my mind at all.

House Democrats tout bill to add four seats to Supreme Court Julia Mueller Mon, July 18, 2022 at 3:42 PM A group of House Democrats called for legislation on Monday that would add four seats to the Supreme Court, lamenting a “ultra right-wing” branch that just overturned the Roe v. Wade decision on abortion rights. The eight lawmakers cited recent Supreme Court decisions that rolled back Miranda rights, threw out a New York gun control law and allowed religion to surface in schools — as well as the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health decision that overturned the right to abortion in Roe — in saying there was a need to add new justices to the court. Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.), the lead sponsor of the 2021 Judiciary Act, called the current makeup “a Supreme Court at crisis with itself and with our democracy” where “basic freedoms are under assault” from the 6-3 conservative supermajority on the bench. The Supreme Court isn’t susceptible to the popular vote the way Congress is, Johnson said, and it has used that fact to amass power. “It’s making decisions that usurp the power of the legislative and executive branches,” he said. Facing Republican opposition and some Democratic skepticism, the bill has little chance of becoming law, but it illustrates the deep anger among progressive Democrats about the court’s direction under three conservative justices nominated by former President Trump: Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett. Those three justices have radically altered the direction of the court, which now has twice as many conservative justices as liberal ones. Kavanaugh replaced Justice Anthony Kennedy, a previous swing vote who had been nominated to the court by a Republican, while Barrett replaced liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Adding to Democratic anger, a GOP Senate blocked former President Obama’s last nominee to the court, Merrick Garland, who is now the attorney general. Gorsuch ended up being nominated to the court in place of Garland. Introduced last year, the Judiciary Act has not progressed in Congress. Some Democrats wary of the proposal are concerned that expansion would open the court up for Republicans to push more of their nominees into the openings. “The nightmare scenario of GOP court-packing is already upon us,” said Rep. Mondaire Jones (D-N.Y.). “That’s how they got this far-right 6-3 majority in the first place.” Lawmakers at Monday’s press conference, hosted by the Take Back the Court Action Fund, blamed Trump and the conservative legal movement for enabling a partisan court. Republican politicians made controlling the judicial branch part of their platform, said Rep. Mark Takano (D-Calif.), adding that the court has “gone rogue” and “become a radical institution.” The lawmakers also emphasized that the longevity of the lifelong terms the sitting justices are now serving makes action to expand the court more urgent. Of 72-year-old conservative Justice Samuel Alito, Johnson said, “You can see the gleam in his eye as he thinks about what he wants to do to decimate the rights of people and put us back in the Dark Ages.” Trump-nominated Gorsuch, Barrett and Kavanaugh, in their 50s, are “gonna be there for a while,” Johnson said. Congress has changed the number of seats on the nation’s highest court seven times in the nation’s history. The new proposal would bring the total seat count to 13, meaning a decision from the court would need a 7-6 majority rather than the present 5-4. Reps. Andy Levin (D-Mich.), Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-N.J.), Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) were also at the conference, along with Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), who sponsored the bill in the Senate, and a handful of progressive activists.

Sorry, not interested in any drugs, never even crossed my mind. Wisconsin Laws and Penalties Conditional Release Local Decriminalization Drugged Driving Medical CBD Offense Penalty Incarceration Max. Fine Possession Any amount (first offense) Misdemeanor 6 months $ 1,000 Any amount (subsequent offense) Felony 3.5 years $ 10,000

What does "Ironwood" have to do with it?

Have never tried any drugs but knew many who did.

Most of the ballistic shields cops brought to the Uvalde school shooting weren't strong enough to stop bullets from the gunman's 'AR-15-style' rifle Jake Epstein Mon, July 18, 2022 at 12:45 PM A screenshot from a video of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas, on May 24.Austin American-Statesman Most ballistic shields used by Texas cops during the Uvalde shooting didn't provide adequate protection, a report found. Just one of the four shields was rifle-rated, according to the new report by Texas lawmakers. That one shield would be able to provide "meaningful protection" against the gunman's rifle, the report said. Most of the ballistic shields that police brought in response to the mass shooting at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school weren't strong enough to stop bullets from the gunman's "AR-15-style" rifle, an investigation found. According to a report released on Sunday by the Texas House committee investigating the May 24 massacre — which left 19 children and two adults dead — just one of the four shields authorities brought to Robb Elementary School on the day of the shooting provided adequate protection. "Only the last shield, furnished by the US Marshals, was rifle-rated," the report read. "The Committee heard evidence that the rifle-rated shield was the only one that would have provided meaningful protection to officers against the attacker's AR-15 rifle." The committee said in the report that it found "no evidence" anyone told the on-scene commander, Uvalde School District Police Chief Pete Arredondo, about the rifle-rated shield's arrival. Eventually, the rifle-rated shield was used by one law enforcement officer to provide cover for another, who opened the door to a classroom where the gunman was located. The shooter fired at police, who returned fire immediately and killed him, the report said. It's not immediately clear who provided the three non-rifle-rated shields. Neither the Department of Public Safety nor the US Marshals immediately responded to Insider's request for comment on why only one of the ballistic shields was rifle-rated. "Law enforcement on the street just isn't equipped to carry vests, shield, helmets and more that will protect them from high power rifle rounds," Katherine Schweit, a retired FBI special agent who formerly led the bureau's active shooter program, told Insider via email. Alex del Carmen, a police trainer and the associate dean of the school of criminal justice at Tarleton State University in Stephenville, Texas, told Insider that rifle-rated shields are heavier, less penetrable, and require more training than a standard ballistic shield or riot shield. He said it's unclear how many police departments across the US have rifle-rated shields, but added that they're very expensive — around $4,000 a shield — and the departments that don't have them most likely lack sufficient funding and inventory to obtain them. Tactical equipment to respond to mass shootings, del Carmen said, is usually accessed through quick-responding SWAT teams rather than standard patrol units. But regardless of the shield's rating, it's the job of police officers to "engage the suspect and kill the suspect," del Carmen said. "Police officers are trained and they take an oath, which is that they are going to raise towards danger and they are going to go in there — even if they're outgunned, even if they're out-manned," he said. Sunday's House report continues to detail the police response to the deadly shooting, including that 376 officers arrived at the school to confront the gunman. In response to the report, Uvalde's acting police chief was suspended. The new report also comes just days after local outlets the Austin-American Statesman and KVUE obtained and published footage last week showing police officers idling in a hallway as the massacre unfolded. Last week's leaked footage sparked immediate outrage from within the Uvalde community and among its elected leaders, who have resisted turning over documents related to the shooting. Read the original article on Insider

Florida family drives into electric car problem: a replacement battery costs more than vehicle itself Adam Sabes Sun, July 17, 2022 at 8:53 PM A family in Florida drove into a major problem after buying a used electric vehicle: the replacement battery for their dead car wound up costing more than the used car was purchased for. Avery Siwinski is a 17-year-old whose parents spent $11,000 on a used Ford Focus Electric car, which is a 2014 model and had about 60,000 miles when it was bought, according to KVUE. The teenager had the car for six months before it began giving her issues and the dashboard was flashing symbols. "It was fine at first," Siwinski said. "I loved it so much. It was small and quiet and cute. And all the sudden it stopped working." She told the news outlet that the car stopped running after taking it to a repair shop, and the family eventually found out that the car's battery would need to be replaced. The problem? A battery for the electric car costs $14,000, according to the news outlet. Siwinski's grandfather stepped in to help out with the car problems because her father passed away in June due to colon cancer. The Ford dealership had advised us that we could replace the battery," said her grandfather, Ray Siwinski. "It would only cost $14,000." However, the family found out that there weren't any batteries of that type available anymore because the Ford model is discontinued. "Then we found out the batteries aren't even available," Siwinski said. "So it didn't matter. They could cost twice as much and we still couldn't get it."

15 hours ago - Science How the James Webb Space Telescope's images are made Miriam Kramer, author of Axios Space Axios on facebook Axios on twitter Axios on linkedin Axios on email The Carina Nebula as seen by the James Webb Space Telescope. Photo: NASA, ESA, CSA, and STScI Hours of image processing work went into each of the five full-color James Webb Space Telescope images released by NASA this week. Why it matters: Through its photos, the JWST — which captures light in wavelengths the human eye can't see — will change the way the public and scientists understand the history of the universe. Where it stands: The JWST looks at the universe in infrared light, allowing it to cut through dust to see the intimate details of star formation and even the faint light of some of the first galaxies that formed more than 13 billion years ago. "Biologically, we just don't have the ability — even if we were floating next to these objects — to see them the way that Hubble or Webb can see them," Joe DePasquale, an image processor who works with JWST, tells Axios. How it works: When photos taken by the JWST's huge mirror are beamed back to Earth, they basically look black, DePasquale says. "Each pixel in the image has over 65,000 different shades of gray that it can be," he said, adding that "the universe is very dim," so most of the interesting parts of a JWST image are "buried in the darkest regions of the image." The imaging team then has to brighten up the darkest parts of the image to bring out the details hiding within the pixels without over-saturating the brightest bits of the image — which can be cores of galaxies or bright stars. The JWST is so sensitive that it's able to differentiate between bands of infrared light in much the same way our eyes can see different bands of optical light — which we perceive as colors. Because of that sensitivity, the imaging team is able to sort through long to short wavelengths of infrared light, allowing them to filter the image through various colors in a scientifically sound way. The human eye perceives longer wavelengths of optical light as red, so that color stands in for longer wavelengths of infrared light. Blue is used for shorter wavelengths and the other colors of the rainbow are in between. "If you had infrared eyes that were sensitive to this light, this may be what you would see," Klaus Pontoppidan, a JWST project scientist said during a press conference.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/17/us/florida-woman-killed-alligator-attack.html

INDIANAPOLIS AREA CRIME 3 dead in shooting at Greenwood Park Mall, suspect killed by armed citizen by: Joe Schroeder Posted: Jul 17, 2022 / 06:53 PM EDT Updated: Jul 17, 2022 / 09:05 PM EDT SHARE GREENWOOD, Ind. — Three people are dead and 2 more are injured after a shooting Sunday at the Greenwood Park Mall. The shooting suspect, who police believe acted alone, was killed soon after by an armed citizen at the mall, police said. The Greenwood Police Department confirmed Sunday that a lone shooter, believed to be an adult male, entered the food court of the mall around 6 p.m. with a rifle and several magazines of ammo. The suspect then shot into the mall, killing three people and injuring two more. GPD also confirmed Sunday that the shooter was shot and killed by a Good Samaritan who was armed with a handgun. The man who shot the suspect is fully cooperating with police. WATCH: First update from IMPD The suspect was described by police as an adult male armed with a rifle and multiple magazines. No identification or motivation has been released. A backpack was found in a restroom near the shooting scene, GPD said. It is unknown who the backpack belongs to, but due to its suspicion, the Johnson County Bomb Squad is investigating. GPD said that more press conferences will be held throughout the evening to provide more information. Police said there is no ongoing threat or public safety concerns at the time. Multiple agencies, including Indy police, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security, are assisting with clearing the mall at this time, according to IMPD. “We are sickened by another type of incident like this in our country, in our city,” IMPD Asst. Chief Chris Bailey said. GPD Chief Jim Ison addressed the media outside of the mall Sunday, providing info on the investigation. “As you can imagine, this type of situation is horrible,” Ison said. “It’s rocked us to our core.” Greenwood police are asking anyone who witnessed the shooting to go to the Greenwood Police Training Center at 736 Loews Blvd or call Johnson Co Dispatch at 317-346-6336. The following statement was sent out by Greenwood Mayor Mark W. Myers: From Mark … Read More Indiana Senator Todd Young tweeted about the incident, calling it “terrible news”. FOX59 has a crew on scene and will update this article with more information as it becomes available.

Woman pulled over by police told them American laws don’t apply to her (yahoo.com)

Yup, just like this: NJ transgender woman transferred from women’s only prison after impregnating 2 inmates, report says Stephen Sorace Sun, July 17, 2022 at 8:49 AM A transgender woman incarcerated at a women’s only prison in New Jersey has been moved to another facility after impregnating two female inmates earlier this year, according to a local report. Demi Minor, 27, was transferred last month from the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility in Clinton to Garden State Youth Correctional Facility, a prison for young adult offenders located in Burlington County, Dan Sperrazza, a spokesman for the state’s Department of Corrections (NJDOC), told NJ.com. Sperrazza said Minor, who is serving a 30-year sentence for manslaughter, is currently the only woman incarcerated at the facility and was placed in the vulnerable unit. He couldn’t comment further on Minor’s housing situation due to NJDOC’s privacy policies, the paper reported. Minor’s move comes after the paper reported in April that Sperrazza said it appeared two women at Edna Mahan became pregnant after "consensual sexual relationships with another incarcerated person." JUDGE BLOCKS BIDEN ADMIN'S TRANSGENDER SCHOOL BATHROOM RULE Entrance to the Edna Mahan Correction Facility in Clinton, New Jersey. REUTERS Minor has since claimed in a July 15 post written on her website Justice 4 Demi that corrections officers beat her during her transfer, according to reports. The department of corrections told NJ.com that it is investigating but could not comment further. "NJDOC cannot comment on any active investigations," a statement read. "The Department has zero tolerance for abuse, and the safety and security of the incarcerated population and staff are of critical importance." Edna Mahan Correctional Facility has faced a long string of sex assault scandals and Gov. Phil Murphy announced plans last year to shutter the facility, which is New Jersey’s only women’s prison. In 2021, New Jersey enacted a policy to allow prisoners to be housed according to their gender identity following a lawsuit brought forth by a trans inmate who lived in men’s prisons for 18 months and the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey. The policy was mandated to remain in effect for at least one year. Sperrazza told the paper that while the NJDOC continues to operate under the policy, "the department is currently reviewing the policy for housing transgender incarcerated persons with the intention of implementing minor modifications." Minor is eligible for parole in 2037, the paper reported, citing NJDOC.

Florida child welfare agency said the kids were doing fine. Actually, they were dead Carol Marbin Miller Sun, July 17, 2022 at 5:00 AM On April 13, 2022, at exactly 6:09 p.m., a child welfare investigator assigned to the case of Miami mother Odette Joassaint entered a benign-sounding note into the Florida Department of Children and Families’ computer system. “She reports that everything is fine.” The “she” referred to Joassaint, 41, a mother of three who had been entangled with the department for years due to persistent reports of domestic violence and poor parenting. Of Joassaint’s 3-year-old son, Jeffry, the investigator offered this reassuring image: “He likes to play, laugh, and grab things.” Referring to Jeffry’s older sister, 6-year-old Laura, the narrative read: “She is a quiet child [who] is well-behaved.” Actually, as of the day before, Joassaint had been in the Miami-Dade County Jail and Laura and Jeffry were in the morgue. Police had arrived at the mother’s home on Northeast 75th Street to find the children hogtied and strangled. Their mother told officers the children were better off that way. READ MORE: Florida insisted mom wasn’t a danger to her children — until the kids were hogtied, strangled Case files are a critical element of child protection, the record that demonstrates troubled families are being supervised and children are being overseen by an objective outsider. The retroactive entry the day after the children’s deaths — one of several — raises questions about an agency whose investigators have been known to record visits that never occurred. Such fakery has led to deadly outcomes. The visit with Joassaint’s two younger children, which reportedly occurred on April 2, was at the home of Laura and Jeffry’s father, 45-year-old Frantzy Belval, who had consistently cooperated with investigators and had sought custody of his children — an effort DCF failed to support. In contrast, Joassaint was in the habit of shooing investigators away, often refusing to open her door. The department would shrug off such behavior, then repeatedly concluded the children were in no danger. Child protection experts say that the practice of waiting days, or weeks, to document events invites confusion — if not fraud. “It’s never acceptable to wait that long,” said Beth Barrett, a child welfare administrator who was the CEO of Wesley House Family Services, a Florida Keys service provider, and the former director of Child Welfare Projects for the Department of Child and Family Studies at the University of South Florida’s Florida Mental Health Institute. “You should be entering those things within 48 hours, at the latest, of when something was observed, or something was done, or some activity or home visit,” Barrett said. “Anything after that and [DCF’s] own quality assurance system should have picked it up.” ‘Covering their butts’ Notations that are entered weeks late, Barrett said, raise the possibility that they were included in the case file because investigators or caseworkers are “covering their own butts.” Barrett added: “There is no excuse for not entering these notations in a timely fashion.” When asked by a reporter, repeatedly, about the unusual notations in the Florida Safe Families Network, the agency’s computer system, a DCF spokeswoman did not respond. Irregularities have long been a problem within DCF’s mammoth computer system — and they often come to light only when a child or vulnerable adult dies from abuse or neglect, rendering the state’s records public. In December 2020, a caseworker with the privately run Children’s Home Society was fired after administrators discovered a discrepancy between photos of a toddler under DCF supervision, Rashid Bryant, entered into an internal casework system and the GPS tracking stamps embedded with the pictures. DCF has refused since then to discuss the irregularities, or to release any records of its investigation into the caseworker. Since 2013, the first year for which such cases are available, DCF has reported scores of investigations by its Inspector General’s office into allegations that an investigator or caseworker falsified records. However, the office reports only two closed falsification investigations since 2016, one closed in October 2018, and the other in March 2021. Florida lawmakers made it a crime to falsify information in a child welfare record following the disappearance — and presumed death — of 5-year-old Rilya Wilson. Placed in the care of a family friend, Geralyn Graham, Rilya had been missing for about 15 months before DCF administrators noticed she was gone. Geralyn Graham Though Rilya’s body has never been found, Graham was indicted for her killing in March 2005. In January 2013, a Miami-Dade jury convicted Graham of kidnapping and child abuse — charges that arose out of, among other things, evidence that Graham had kept the little girl locked in a dog cage. The jury deadlocked on a separate murder charge, and Graham was never retried on that count. Graham has a current release date of 2049, when she would be 103. Perp walk Jim Sewell, a retired Florida Department of Law Enforcement administrator, recalls the first time his agency pressed charges under the law that made it a crime to falsify Florida child protection records. It was 2002, and Sewell was the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s regional director in Tampa Bay. The Lakeland Police Department had just charged a couple with killing 2-year-old Alfredo Montez, the little boy for whom they were supposed to be caring. FDLE then charged an investigator with cooking up records to show she had done her job and observed the toddler. Sewell insisted his agents escort the investigator before a phalanx of reporters to her booking. It’s a ritual known as a “perp walk,” and it’s usually reserved for accused killers. “We were extremely public” about the arrest, Sewell says. “It was covered nationwide.” Waiting weeks to enter information in the system isn’t the same as fabricating information. But Sewell said that, too, is a bad practice: “You lose all sense of urgency in the information,” added Sewell, a former DCF consultant who had served in task forces that studied the controversial deaths of two Florida children. “It’s dangerous,” Sewell said of entering information weeks after it is gathered. “You can’t maintain a level of truth unless you do it in contemporary fashion.” He added: “If it’s not written down, it didn’t happen.”

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