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DFS Man Arrested X 2
The Walton County Sheriff's Office (WCSO) arrested 39-years-old
Jerold Lee Jones, of DeFuniak Springs, for sexual battery on a child under 18
years old. He was arrested January 27.
The WCSO investigation began January 15 after investigators received allegations that Jones sexually abused a child under 18 years old. Jones was charged with two counts of sexual battery on a child under the age of 18, a first-degree felony. He was booked into the Walton County Jail.
The Sheriff’s Office also arrested 24-year-old Jeremy
Miracle, of DeFuniak, multiple drug charges. He was arrested Jan. 28. The
investigation began Jan. 28 after Deputy Craig Sherrouse
conducted a traffic stop on US Highway 331 on a vehicle with an obscure
tag.
During the traffic stop, Miracle allegedly stated that his
license was suspended and showed the deputy a smoking pipe after the deputy
asked if he had anything illegal in the vehicle. After Miracle provided
consent to search the vehicle, Deputy Sherrouse
recovered what appeared to be prescription drugs, marijuana, two smoking pipes
possibly used with marijuana or methamphetamine, and items commonly used to
produce methamphetamine.
Miracle was charged with one count of production of methamphetamine, a second-degree felony; one count of possession of paraphernalia to transport drugs, a third-degree felony; one count of possession of marijuana, a first-degree misdemeanor; two counts of possession of drugs without a prescription; and one count of driving with a suspended license, a second-degree misdemeanor. He was booked into the Walton County Jail.
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DFS Public Records
You can give a receipt, but you can not require a name for public records requests. Many times, when a business such as a professional service takes in money, they issue a receipt with the purchaser’s name. This is to be able to locate the information in the future if necessary. For a city, a receipt is usually tied to a utility bill or the person’s name is taken. Under this standard record keeping procedure, the City of DeFuniak Springs may have recorded the names of persons making records requests under the State Sunshine Law.
City Manager Sara Bowers says, if a name was recorded as with other payments, then this was an oversight and she has begun notification of staff to be aware of the difference between regular payments and those for public records requests.
Section 119.07(1)(a), F.S., establishes a right of access to public records in plain and unequivocal terms: Every person who has custody of a public record shall permit the record to be inspected and copied by any person desiring to do so, at any reasonable time, under reasonable conditions, and under supervision by the custodian of the public records. The custodian would be the city staff or City Clerk.
As noted in AGO 80-57, a custodian must honor a request for copies of records which is sufficient to identify the records desired, whether the request is in writing, over the telephone, or in person, provided that the required fees are paid.
A person requesting access to or copies of public records
may not be required to
disclose his or her name, address, telephone number or the like to the custodian, unless the custodian is required by law to obtain this information prior to releasing the records.
WZEP First News talked to Bowers, who said she feels that if any information was taken, then it was done so as they would with any purchase. She says this would only have been done for future reference. Bowers says she is letting staff know they should give a receipt, but not require a person to give name or other information for a public records request. A requester may volunteer to give his or her name, but can not be made to or led to fell giving a name is required.
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report? http://jailpublic.co.walton.fl.us
This is the new jail search page.
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The 2012 District 1-A Girls Basketball
District Quarterfinals are Tuesday, January 31. Poplar Springs hosts Laurel
Hill at
The DeFuniak Springs Little League along with
the Walton Lady Braves team and coaches are putting on a softball clinic at the
Little League Park on Thursday, February 2. The clinic is free and will run
from
Dixie Youth Baseball and Softball,
ages 4-14 Skills Clinic/Final Registration will be held Saturday February 4
from 1-4 and Sunday February 5 from 2-4 at the Freeport Regional Sports
Complex, Fields 1-3. For more information, call Latilda at 835-2340.
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