Show Caption Hide Caption FBI chief Wray calls Jan. 6 'domestic terrorism' You Might Like FBI Director Chris Wray condemned the January riot at the U.S. Capitol as "domestic terrorism" Tuesday as he defended the bureau's handling of intelligence The thumb drive was loaded with about 700 private emails taken from the DNC, the story goes. During the last few weeks, demonstrations locally and nationwide have called attention to the issue of law enforcement reform. Deputies at the time said they intervened to keep protesters from blocking traffic and endangering the public. In order to succeed, we need the support of our community. Barbera's statement said Bradshaw has. The man who burned down his life in a crusade against someone he regarded as a corrupt despot now lives free only by the grace of the Putin regime. I am your sheriff, he said. In its broad strokes, Dougans story meshes with the superficial features of the 2016 election leaking. (PBSOtalk was hosted there for about six weeks in 2012.). In truth, DCleaks.com was registered at a family owned hosting firm in Romania called THCservers, which also features in a number of identified GRU hack attacks. It was too small a case for the FBI. On Feb. 13, 2016, Dougan posted the list on PBSOtalk as an Excel file named confidential addresses. Slipping into the skin of his Russian hacker persona, he explained that BadVolf was back on the hunt. I was pissed off, says Dougan. Dougan quickly discovered that Muck City was the stomping ground for a gang of rough deputies led by one his superiors, Brent Raban, a sergeant who liked to patrol in a skullcap emblazoned with the word punishment. Raban bragged on Facebook about brutalizing the people he arrested, sometimes posting mugshots of bruised and beaten faces. Developers, police unions and even County Commissioner Hal Valeche and commission candidate Maria Sachs have given at least $1,000. Copyright Info. Rodriguez started poking around right away, but he had trouble finding information on Jessicas target. A deputy shot Adams after a struggle outside the family business in Loxahatchee Groves in 2012. Deputies still do not wear body cameras. I am the person thats been keeping you and your family safe for the past 16 years.. Lewis read a lot into the Borodin lunch. Weve even gotten to the point whereand this is not completely, you know, on the law enforcement sidethere are ways we can even access her password through various methods, Rodriguez said. Freeman knows how high a mountain hes attempting to climb. Like a bad version of Miami Vice, he wrote, where you drive a blacked-out Toyota Corolla and dont catch any of the bad guys.. Bradshaw is a career cop who, even in such a powerful post, retains the beat cops wish to protect the neighborhood. Ron DeSantis has ordered an investigation into Epsteins treatment, including whether the sheriff broke his own rules to give a convicted sex offender work-release. Once in Moscow he came to appreciate the city almost as much as the woman. Lauro Diaz, the Republican nominee. Ric Bradshaw 'feels good' and 'is going to run' for sheriff in 2024. At no point, though, did officials warn the victims of the leak, according to several people on the list who spoke with The Daily Beast. Freeman denied the allegations. Bradshaw is seeking his fifth term in the Aug. 18 Democratic primary. Over weeks of subsequent correspondence with BadVolf, it became clear that he, at least, was the real deal, the reporter wrote. None of the DNC emails did. If so, how so? Do you want the person with the most experience, has done the job and has proven himself over 16 years as the sheriff and has executive experience in actually running major law enforcement organizations? For someone who claims to dislike politics, Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw has made himself into a political force. I never make decisions based on a political party to start with, and I won't going forward.". The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office just issued the following statement: "On May 3, 2022, Sheriff Bradshaw, under advice from his doctors, elected to go forward with a heart procedure . I would love to run into him in a dark alley, said Lewis. I went to Michigan, I went to Canada, I went all over the place, Lewis told Jessica. Education: Bachelor's in human resources management, Palm Beach Atlantic University; master's in administration, Lynn University, Political: Elected sheriff of Palm Beach County in 2004; reelected in 2008, 2012, 2016. In interviews with The Daily Beast, Dougan insisted there was no other purpose to his frenzied drive to the capitol. Through July 25, Bradshaws reelection campaign had pulled in a massive haul of $692,658 about 23 times the amount Freemans campaign has raised. His campaign slogan and key commitment is Citizens Before Politics., My opponent likes to say that I dont have the 50 years of experience that he has, Diaz told the Town-Crier. On March 13 he sent Dougan a tranche of files over Tor, says Dougan, and Dougan agreed to put up an anonymous website to present them to the world. The two exchanged photos and texted frequently, and before long they were talking until 1:00 in the morning. And if so, what changes could be made to ensure that police are sent to where theyre truly needed? They were letting these guys get away with murder, and they were fucking over the citizens they were getting paid to protect.. A recent one took the form of a mock treatment for an imagined TV series about the West Palm Beach FBI. As Sheriff, I am chairman of Homeland Security for all of South Florida. Hes also mentioned in former CIA officer Bob Baers 2002 autobiography See No Evil. We Cannot Allow the Left to Destroy Palm Beach County, Zero Evidence of Threats to Palm Beach County School Board, Four Florida State Reps Didnt Vote on Abortion Bill Dont Let Them Get Away With It, Even a Federal Judge Thinks Boca Raton Mayor Scott Singer is a Liar, Palm Beach County Bob Weinroths Bid for School Board Seat off to Shaky Start, Jolt Media, Inc. | PO Box 810967, Boca Raton, FL 33481. DC Leaks published a completely different assembly of leaks, consisting primarily of a grab bag of emails and documents sourced from a GRU-linked phishing campaign earlier that year. PBSO was prepared to handle this unprecedent challenge. "People that come to the county jail are supposed to be here for a year or less. In addition to exposing the sheriffs offices desperation to pin something on Dougan, the recordings captured Lewis boasting about doing the same to another longtime Bradshaw critic, an ex-cop from Michigan named Jim Donahue who ran against Bradshaw in the 2012 election. Fuck them. I am the most qualified law enforcement professional seeking office and have the proven track record to continue to lead the Sheriffs office. He rose through the ranks of the West Palm Beach Police Department and in 1996 was appointed . Freeman, who is Black, is making a direct play for voters questioning law enforcement these days. Bradshaw has earned praise from many for keeping crime down, but that praise hasnt been universal. Sheriff Bradshaw has a successful track record of forty-nine (49) years in law enforcement. Hed learned, for example, that the FBI was working with the sheriffs office against him, at least according to Lewis telephonic pillow talk. Dougan stands by his story about registering the domain through the Malaysian hosting firm Shinjuro. (TRACEY) Editor's note: Sheriff Bradshaw completed . During the week he periodically borrows a friends car to drive north to a workshop in Solnechnogorsk, on loan from the owner, who saw Dougan in the news and wanted to help, he says. More recently, news reports linked Freeman to the firing of a Riviera Beach city manager in an attempt to become chief. Palm Beach Sheriff Ric Bradshaw, who faced blistering criticism for granting Jeffrey Epstein liberal work-release privileges while the sex offender was serving time in the county stockade, has . Crime We are constantly evaluating our hiring practices. By the end of the 40-minute call Lewis and Rodriguez had agreed to do some paid freelance work on Jessicas behalf and obtain her gold-diggers private Facebook messages and web browsing history. There really was a DC Leaks. He changed training to include a tactical pause designed to de-escalate confrontations and leave more distance between the deputy and a suspect. According to one report, he couldnt stand to look at PBSOtalk, so he had his people monitor the site and report daily on the latest outrage. Dougan says hes had no contact with government officials or former Kremin bigwigs since that lunch with Pavel Borodin in 2013, except for the bureaucrats who processed his political asylum request. Publicly, he claimed BadVolf was a friend hed met in Russia, but he disclaimed responsibility for the putative hackers actions. Ric L. Bradshaw, Currently Elected Palm Beach County Sheriff, Palm Beach County, Florida: Picture, bio, position statements and social media links | Vote-USA $ Donate. The feds had evidently bought into Dougans game. If so, please explain. You would think that they would notify people, especially police officers and judges and shelters and things like that, says a woman who manages a shelter for domestic abuse victims. Leaks from George Soros Open Society Foundation were also displayed prominently at the websites launch, with some of the documents reportedly altered to create the appearance the foundation was secretly financing Russian opposition candidates. View Map In early April he borrowed a car from a friend and a wig from his mother. Under Bradshaw, the department has come far. What do you hear in the protests that followed the murder of George Floyd, and what specifically needs to come from it? Once it was registered, the domain lay dormant for 10 days, according to DNS resolution records from multiple sources. The audio dump went off like a bombshell in Palm Beach County. Early release of inmates in not my decision and is up to the Chief Judge and the State Attorney. It was like the Wild West meets New York City, he says. Before he got into the construction business hed worked at the Palm Beach County Sheriff's office for 23 years, retiring in 2005 as a lieutenant detective. Russias not my fight, he explains. Im putting everything out there.". . One of his bigger hits quoted Bradshaw encouraging motorists to run over Black Lives Matters protesters. But he has become a typical self-serving politician. Back then he said he created DC Leaks to help elect Trump; today he claims it was to expose the DNC for sandbagging Bernie Sanders in the primaries. Freeman was a major in the Riviera Beach Police Department, which at the time was one of the countys worst. So Bradshaw and 15 of his top executives will be working on their own 10,000-square-foot floor at DiVosta Towers, he told 1290 WJNO radio in July. In short, we have demonstrated our ability to make needed changes quickly and most of our policies/practices are established well before we encounter a crisis or have to navigate through challenging times. I have served in nearly every position in law enforcement, from patrolman to police chief. Memes He sued Windam for wrongful discharge, and the town settled for less than $10,000 in go-away money. Bradshaw, a Democrat, was first elected in 2004 and reelected to another four-year term in 2020, easily crushing his opponent in the Democratic Primary and the Republican Candidate in the general election. The agents had a search warrant to seize all his electronics and any and all records, data or materials pertaining to the computer networks of 24 different Florida county governments and confidential property records within these counties.. I had nothing to do with this, he told New Times. He has near-universal name recognition, and he regularly raises gobs of campaign money. If so, where and when? Michael Gauger, the longtime chief deputy to Sheriff Ric Bradshaw, wants to run against his old boss in the 2024 election for county sheriff. The final report nine months later evinced little interest in the hacking boasts by Lewis and Rodriguez, but found that Lewis had broken department regulations by divulging PBSO business to Jessica.. Rich was 27 years old when he was shot and killed on July 10, 2016 on a Washington, D.C., sidewalk. He got 66 percent of the vote four years ago against three challengers, avoiding a runoff. We arrest somebody that lives in the county that we live in, we want to keep it private. By his account, hed met a Russian woman through Facebook, and theyd struck up an online romance that Dougan wanted to make real. Weve positioned our agency on the leading edge of change and we continue to work proactively in identifying better ways of providing great service to our community. State law already creates a process for this where deputies have a review board they go in front of. Nearly two dozen sheriff's deputies will soon be available to guard Palm Beach County schools if the school board approves a million-dollar agreement Wednesday.. He could imagined how it could unfold, a sheriffs officer holding a hushed conversation with an inmate: Hey dude, well drop your charges if you kill this guy.. Further discussion is warranted on this issue. A reporter from Gawker interviewed BadVolf over online chats, suspecting at first that he was actually talking to Dougan, but eventually falling for the hoax as thoroughly as Lewis fell for Jessica. If this is what you call experience, then no thanks, he said. Since then hed been many things to many people. Asked why the DNC emails were never published on DC Leaks, he seemed genuinely taken aback. I can assure you that those victims and their families and many of us in Palm Beach County dont believe and feel he kept Palm Beach County safe., Listening to the wild accusations of Mr. Freeman wallowing around in the gutter doesnt do us any good, Bradshaw said. Weve taken significant steps to ensure that our policies are identified as best practice, but we dont stop there. Settling in Moscow was hard at first, Dougan says, and he struggled to make ends meet. Hes so much involved in this gutter talk, he cant figure it out.. The change came about this year, when the Florida Supreme Court ruled in a case involving Orange County that state election law prevents counties from deciding to hold nonpartisan elections. All in all, a successful bit of trolling. By the end of his campaign, Dougan had released roughly 14,000 protected address records from at least 20 different Florida counties. She broke into an elaborate story about a suspicious woman whod become involved with her wealthy father, and asked Lewis if he could help investigate the woman. During Palm Beach County's 2020 elections, some races that were non-partisan since 2004 will now be partisan, including the one for Palm Beach County Sheriff. Another was scorched with accusations linking him to a white supremacist group, reported from a fake news site so convincing that the legitimate press picked up the false story. This fall's race for Palm Beach County Sheriff has four-term incumbent Sheriff Ric Bradshaw, a Democrat, being challenged by former Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office Capt. You know, whats interesting is he thinks hes really, really super-smart., Bradshaw had placed Lewis in charge of the perpetual investigation of Dougan that began when PBSOtalk started churning out scoopsit was Lewis whod busted one of Dougans sources in 2012. Jessica had contacted Lewis for a planned home renovation project, but she quickly took an flirtatious interest in the 56-year-olds personal life, peppering him with questions and flattery. Or have you ever received a withheld adjudication or had a matter sealed or expunged? He has served as sheriff for 16 years. It seemed puzzling from the start that Dougan, hot on the heels of an FBI raid and already planning his escape, would take a couple of days off to physically transport a zip file small enough to be sent as an email attachment. Would you support the creation of a civilian review board to review complaints about deputies? Got a tip? Lewis defended himself on the broadcast and claimed that he knew the calls were a setup from the start and was just playing along. Special work. They want the most experienced person to run the largest, most technologically advanced agency in the county. Contact Us And the sheriffs office opened yet another investigation. 1:07. Sheriff Bradshaw is the thirteenth sheriff to serve as the countys chief law enforcement officer since the agencys origin in 1909. He called himself , or BadVolf.. This time Dougan was sure Bradshaw was going down. Dougan says hed reached out to Borodin in advance of his trip, primarily because he wanted to meet as many interesting people as possible on his first visit to Russia. (A spokesman for the FBIs Miami office declined comment.). Chairman, Florida Sheriffs Emergency Task Force, Region 7; member, chairman, Regional Domestic Security Task Force, Region 7; FBIs Joint Terrorist Task Force Executive Board; Palm Beach County Chiefs of Police, Law Enforcement Planning Council, Police Executive Research Forum, Florida Sheriffs Association; Whos Who in Academic Excellence in America. Finally, we must mention the case of Jeffrey Epstein. He arrived at the inescapable conclusion that the entire American system was broken, from street cops like Raban to the FBI to the judges overseeing it all. Then I registered DC Leaks and uploaded the documents and gave the guy the credentials.. In a conversation with PBC Jolt, Kerner re-affirmed his support for Sheriff Bradshaw, Ive always been a big supporter of our Sheriff.. Are you a member of any civic groups? The rumors are true! We hope that four more years will bring even more progress. Dougan spammed out an election-day email under the name of a prominent county commissioner slamming Bradshaw for immoral and criminal activities. Bradshaws second-in-command filed suit against Dougan for defamation, dragging him through years of litigation before the case was voluntarily dismissed by both parties. On Saturday, the day after my home was raided, I took a rental car and drove to the nearest Russian embassy, located in Washington, D.C. Palm Beach County Sheriffs office follows the latest policies and procedures for hiring practices. It included current and retired federal agents, prosecutors, local cops and judges. It took a few days for me to get my head on straight and apply for asylum. His first job in law enforcement was on a small-town police force in Mangonia Park, Florida, where he distinguished himself by writing more traffic tickets than the other 11 officers combined. Seven months later, an Internal Affairs probe concluded there was no excessive use of force by the men. They could find no trace of this BadVolf character in their networks. The hacker turned out to be Anthony Rodriguez, a social media specialist in PBSOs media relations office. In Palm Beach County there were about 4,000 homeowners availing themselves of Floridas address confidentiality laws. There are calls that can be answered by civilians. The building is home to professional service. Lake Worth High School; BS degree, human resources management, with honors, Palm Beach Atlantic University; MS degree, administration, with honors, specialization in emergency management, Lynn University; Administrative Officers Course, Southern Police Institute, University of Louisville. Dougan didnt appreciate how successful until the morning of March 14, 2016. Newsletter Dougan claims his involvement mostly ended at that point, but that he sometimes logged into the server and saw the whistle-blower and his friends uploading additional files. "I've stopped work release altogether until this whole thing has been reviewed and I may not even have work release again because my personal stance is if you get sentenced to a year in the county jail, you need to do a year in the county jailperiod.". Jan 2005 - Present18 years 4 months. Expand. He rose through the ranks of the West Palm Beach Police Department and in 1996 was appointed Chief of Police. Questionnaire: incumbent Palm Beach County, Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Questionnaire: incumbent Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw, Democrat, Republican lawmakers keep sticking it to working people | Editorial, Radioactive roads? The agents just laughed, Dougan recalls, and sent him on his way. Rule two: Set up an RSS aggregator to continuously pull and post stories from authentic news outlets. For Political Parties; Bradshaw is the most politically powerful persona in the county. His office provides the local security detail when President Trump visits Mar-a-Lago. Bradshaw said its strictly been a cost issue. Sometimes called Putins mentor, Borodin had been Boris Yeltsins top aide. One sheriffs official carried on an intimate 10-day telephonic flirtation with a woman who turned out to be Dougan using a voice changer. I dont know what it is, but I feel so comfortable talking to you, and I enjoy our conversations.. Alex Freeman, who distanced himself from his father, took on Bradshaw in the Democratic Party primary four years ago and got smoked. Now I see a sheriff leader in American government trying to be dictator like Stalin.. Bradshaw has formed seven mental health teams, consisting of a deputy and a social worker. Please tell us about your education and the highest degree you attained. The sheriff says he'll have that proposal in 30 to 45 days. The Democratic Sheriff was elected to a four-year term in 2020. After a two-year investigation, I got him. Donahue had been forced to exit the race, and the charges were dropped by election day. There an entire day can pass as he works the drills and punch presses. Comment Policy Instead, The Daily Beast has learned exactly how Dougan used public information and sophisticated data analytics to blow holes in Floridas address confidentiality system without cracking a single network. Privacy Policy While acknowledging the optics are real bad, Bradshaw said it really wasnt a big thing at the time. Epstein, a well-connected billionaire who was found hanged in a Manhattan jail cell last year after federal officials charged him with additional sex crimes, paid for the deputies who monitored his movements while he was out of jail. Bradshaw has expanded the PBSO empire over the years, taking over patrol duties in tiny cities such as Palm Beach Shores, Westlake and South Palm Beach in 2019 to add to a network that includes Lake Worth Beach, Wellington, Royal Palm Beach, Lake Park and the three Glades cities. Its a photo he posted a week after he arrived showing Dougan at an upscale restaurant having lunch with someone who was decidedly not a long-distance love interest. I start picking their life apart, and their businesses, their family., One target in particular had consumed much of Lewis time over the years, he explained. Its just that simple, Bradshaw said. The Editorial Board consists of Editorial Page Editor Rosemary OHara, Dan Sweeney, Steve Bousquet and Editor-in-Chief Julie Anderson. Sheriff Richard Wille, who was first elected in 1976 and retired . Hes saying hes for body cameras, Freeman said. Bradshaw asked Governor Ron DeSantis to have FDLE conduct an investigation and his agency has also been looking into whether any policies were violated. Sheriff Bradshaw, Lauro Diaz Face Off In The General Election, Judge Jaimie Goodman Faces A Challenge From Adam Myron, Minto Partners With Sheriffs Foundation On Off-Road Vehicle For Westlake, New PBSO Captain And PBCFR District Chief In Wellington, RPBs Tuttle Royale Project Continues To Take Shape, Fighting Northlake Annexation Tops ITIDs Agenda. The details are under seal, but an arrest warrant was issued, and Dougan is now officially a fugitive. So to track down the home of someone with a confidential address in PAPA, you just had to make note of their parcel number, and then look it up in SITUS. In October 2009 he was fired from the Windham police force for sexual harassment. That's supposed to go to the division (Department) of Corrections.". Lewis promised to contact his technical guy, who he called probably one of the best hackers that was out there.. When he talks about his leadership and who has kept Palm Beach County safe for the past 16 years, I question that, Freeman said. For Dougan, that was the last straw. Reports of the treatment drew national scorn. An attorney representing victims has said Epstein engaged in improper sexual conduct while he was in the program. Two weeks after he said that, in late May, Dougan offered The Daily Beast a peek at an early draft of his book. Its easy to envision Dougan bluffing his way into a meeting with an important Russian and then leaking it to a friendly gossip site, if only to make his enemies wonder. "Let me make this cleareven though the court changed the way the elections system is, the court hasn't changed the way I will do business. And the bureau had just shrugged it off. I arrived, but the embassy was shuttered until Monday. For these he turned not to property records, but to a similar vulnerability in the states voter registration rolls. On January 4, 2005, Sheriff Bradshaw was sworn in as Sheriff of Palm Beach County. Dougan claims that he registered the DCleaks.com domain name through the Malaysian company Shinjiru Technology in Kuala Lumpur, where DC Leaks was also hosted. This is not a blanket answer and depends on the circumstances. News/Commentary During a recent town hall event to tackle the subject, Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw was asked how bad the situation is locally. In June, Dougan self-published his autobiography, BadVolf: The true story of an American cops retaliation against a corrupt system of justice and politics, forcing him to seek political asylum in Russia. Weve been waiting on them for years.. BS Degree, Human Resources Management, with honors, Palm Beach Atlantic University, MS degree, Administration, with honors, Specialization in Emergency Management Lynn University, Administrative Officers Course at the Southern Police Institute, University of Louisville. Bradshaw would be seventy-six years old in 2024, and the assumption has been he would retire, but I have a lot of gas in my tank, said Bradshaw. He was the guy they called in for sensitive investigations. (The voting records leaks appear not to have included abuse victims, who have a higher level of protection under a state-run program.). Other targets featured on DC Leaks included Colin Powell, State Department and White House employees, some Clinton campaign staff and volunteers, and a recently retired four-star general. Hes The President and CEO of JoltMedia, Inc, a Trustee of BizPac, and a founder of BizPacReview.com, the conservative news website. The county property appraisers office was baffled by the address leak. A month after Donahue filed papers with the election office, Bradshaws department hit him with document falsification charges based on Lewiss evidence. Creepy.. Editors note: Sheriff Bradshaw completed this questionnaire for the Democratic primary in August. He has raised $680,000 compared to roughly $27,000 for his challenger, Alex Freeman. The Daily Beast asked Dougan about the discrepancies. It deals with the safety of your family.. He couldnt just throw them on his website and admit what hed doneFlorida is one of 12 states where its illegal to record a phone call without the consent of both parties. The Palm Beach County Sheriffs Office has six departments Legal Affairs, Law Enforcement Operations, Community Operations, Corrections, Support Services, and Administrative Services. Thats when he started exacting his own brand of justice.
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