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Flagler Jail Deputy Disciplined Over Alleged Use of N-Word Against Inmate, Which He Denies

April 23, 2021 | FlaglerLive | 28 Comments

Cpl. Peter Descartes in a still from a lipsyncing video he participated in with other sheriff's employees a few years ago.

Flagler County Sheriff’s detention deputy Cpl. Peter Descartes served a one-day suspension without pay last month following an internal investigation over allegations that he referred to a Black inmate by a racist slur in November. Descartes is himself Black, and denied using the term saying he used a different word that sounds similar.

Sheriff’s Deputy Fired For Failing To Stop Car Going Wrong Way, Toward Fatal Crash on I-95

July 9, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 19 Comments

The scene of the crash on I-95 caused by a motorist going the wrong way last April. The motorist was killed. Moments earlier, he'd crossed paths with a deputy's cruiser on the exit ramp. (© FlaglerLive)

Flagler County Sheriff’s deputy Robert Finn passed a motorist going the wrong way on an I-95 exit ramp in April, and did not conduct a traffic stop. The motorist was killed moments later in a head-on crash.

Once a Jail Commander, 23-Year Sheriff’s Employee Is Demoted to Deputy Over Chronic Flaws

June 22, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 27 Comments

The Flagler County jail has had a few issues in the past two year. (© FlaglerLive)

Tammy Stakes last September was a commander making over $80,000 a year. She was demoted to deputy over a series of supervisory failures and missteps.

A Flagler Sheriff’s Employee Faces Grand Theft Charge, Again Implicating Courthouse Squad; Attorney Calls It “A Witch-Hunt”

March 26, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 13 Comments

The Sheriff's Office's Nancy Birdsong with one of the internal awards she has collected over the years. (FCSO)

Nancy Birdsong, a 20-year civilian employee with the Flagler Sheriff’s Office, is the third courthouse-connected employee to face disciplinary action, and inquiries are not over.

Sheriff Staly Orders Investigation Re-Opened in Flagler Courthouse Bailiffs’ Behavior

March 20, 2018 | FlaglerLive | 17 Comments

Bailiffs at the center of an inquiry the sheriff has ordered reopened, seen here during court proceedings last year, include Sgt. John Bray, left, Jeffrey Puritis and John Freshcorn. Bray was the bailiffs' supervisor. (c FlaglerLive)

Staly issued the order three days after a FlaglerLive story detailed allegations of racial and sexual improprieties involving courthouse deputies and staff.

Sheriff’s Sgt. Jason Neat Reprimanded Over Errors in Cocaine Seizure That Affected Case

April 18, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 26 Comments

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Had Christopher Demon Lang’s lawyer not noticed that the cocaine amounts he was charged with possessing were higher than those found in his home, he could have faced a much stiffer prison sentence.

Deputy Responsible for False Arrest of Dakota Ward Is Suspended For 3 Days as Investigation Concludes

April 15, 2016 | FlaglerLive | 30 Comments

deputy james gore

James Gore, a Flagler County Sheriff’s deputy who two weeks ago was disciplined in an unrelated matter, was suspended for three days without pay and charged with “unsatisfactory or incompetent performance” as a result of his investigation that led to the false arrest of an 18-year-old Bunnell resident late last month.

Rookie Flagler Deputy Jonathan Kuleski Cleared of Wrongdoing at Party With Under-Age Drinkers

August 3, 2015 | FlaglerLive | 23 Comments

Jonathan Kuleski

The April party had taken place on private property–where the 15 people involved had been trespassing–with some of the drinkers younger than 21.

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