Steve Esdale protests In Front Of Sheriff's Department
Sheriff Knight
A Disgrace to Law Enforcement
Sarasota State Attorney Earl Moreland
Covering Everyone's Back
Why would the Sarasota Sheriff's Department have more than one version of the 911 call regarding Murray Cohen's death. Please see
Sarasota Herald Tribune Article.
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Captain Paul Richards
Participated in altering the 911 recording.
A criminal with a badge.
Detective Chris Hallisey
Guilty of Obstruction of Justice in the Murder Cover Up
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Hallisey's Arrest Papers <==Click Here
Lead Detective In The Cohen Case Arrested For Felony Doctor Shopping <---Click Here
Detective Hallisey created a false timeline to change the fact that Murray Cohen's stock broker, who had a pre-arranged appointment, was an ear witness to my father's murder. Hallisey also created this false timeline to hide the fact that my father suffered for 20 minutes before dying.
Hallisey's Falsified Timeline
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Two days after Murray Cohen's death, Detective Dave Scott requested a copy of the 911 recording regarding my father's death. He was required to fill out a form and was asked to be specific in the time of the call in which he was requesting a copy.
True Time Of The Call
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Evidence Of False Timeline Created By Detective Chris Hallisey:
Former Sheriff Balkwill Found Guilty of Destroying Evidence <---Click
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Members of the Sarasota Sheriff's Dept. who are directly responsible for destroying evidence and committing obstruction of justice in the case of Murray Cohen:
Sheriff Tom Knight
Sheriff William Balkwill
Major Kurt Hoffman
Major Chuck Forbis
Sgt. Paul Richards
Sgt. Jeff Bell
Detective Dave Scott
Detective Chris Hallisey
Major Kevin Gooding
Sheriff's Counsel Gabriel Taylor
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Police Report Regarding Murray's Death
Police Report <=== Click Here
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Why does Sheriff Knight refuse to speak with former SSO homicide detective Gary Ferguson?
Why did former Sheriff William Balkwill ignore Detective Ferguson's findings of a cold blooded murder?
Former Sarasota Sheriff's Homicide Detective, Gary Ferguson, has reviewed the evidence and has come to the conclusion that Murray Cohen was a victim of a cold blooded, pre-meditated murder done for money and greed. Please see his sworn statement. Click Here
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Once Again, Sheriff Knight Tries To Explain The House Of Cards:
Sheriff Knight's Response
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Attorney Gelman's Response To Sheriff Knight
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How many other murder suspects get this kind of preferred service from the agency responsible for investigating them?
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The Undoing Of The House Of Cards:
The offical story from Sarasota Sheriff's Department and all government agencies in Florida is that the Cohen Case has been fully investigated by former Governor Jeb Bush, Florida Department of Law Enforcement, FBI, and Senator Bill Nelson. The truth is none of the above mentioned have investigated the circumstances surrounding, or the cause of death of Murray B. Cohen. The FBI was only asked to listen to a recording and make a transcript- period. FDLE was asked to only review the existing file created by SSO- period. Former Governor Jeb Bush only ordered a review of the Cohen case- period. Senator Bill Nelson sent a copy of the 911 recording in which the quality was good enough to hear Murray Cohen's murder directly to the FBI laboratory on our behalf. The FBI refused to open the package. Senator Nelson received a letter from the Justice Department culminating the whitewash with the biggest falsehood of them all. Senator Nelson was told in the letter that a detective, hired by Mr. Esdale, went into the Sarasota FBI headquarters and met with FBI Agent Lynn Billings. The letter stated to Senator Nelson that Agent Billings did not hear Murray Cohen asking for help where Mr. Esdale claims he is. Therefore, the FBI will not be able to get involved. There's only one problem to this statement: after receiving this report I called the Sarasota FBI and asked to speak with Agent Billings. I read the letter to her regarding where they claim she did not hear Murray Cohen requesting assistance. Agent Billings openly stated that she heard a man say, on both CD's, "You said you were going to get me an abulance". And when I confronted her with this innacuracy, she told me I would have to take this up with her supervisor.
Hear Agent Lynn Billings For Yourself
Read Misleading Letter From Justice Department To Senator Nelson
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Kurt Hoffman
Major Kurt Hoffman, who is also the sheriff's general counsel, is responsible for destroying the hard drive which contained the 911 call regarding Murray Cohen's death. Computer expert William Tidwell conducted a 16 hour examination of the hard drive and determined that all of the 911 calls received the day of Murray Cohen's death had been deliberately deleted from the main recorder and the backup auxillary recorder. Kurt Hoffman was informed of Mr. Tidwell's findings and an immediate investigation was requested. Hoffman refused any kind of investigation. A short time after this, I contacted the Orlando Sentinel and they began to look into my accusations. The Orlando Sentinel made a public records request to have access to the hard drive. The next day, Kurt Hoffman obtained an ex parte court order from Judge Andrew Owens without a hearing, granting permission to destroy the hard drive. My Sarasota attorney, Mark Lord, was not aware of this order until two days after the hard drive was destroyed.
Once again, criminal Hoffman is rewarded for his nefarious actions. <--- Click Here
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Captain Jeffrey Bell
Captain Jeffrey Bell falsified a report dated 3/04/2004, in which he stated that the FBI findings did not concur with my Audio Expert’s findings. Documents show the FBI findings were not reported until 6/26/04. Captain Jeffrey is suspected of being romantically involved with Murray Cohen's killer during the investigation of his death.
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Why Did The Sheriff's Previous Counsel, Gabriel Taylor, Lie When She Claimed That The System In Place At The 911 Call Center The Day Of My Father's Death Had No Hard Drive?
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Sarasota Sheriff's General Counsel, Attorney Gabrielle L.A. Taylor, became unstable when the pressure of being a co-conspirator in a murder cover up began to intensify.
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This is a copy of a thread titled, "Sarasota County Sheriff's Election Revisited", which is on a website called LEOaffairs.com
Leo Affairs is a chat room for law enforcement agencies throughout the United States and is open to the public.
On November 16th, I noticed without solicitation anonymous poster's were smearing my name, so I responded. Please take note how this thread has evolved. I responded with respect, evidence and facts. I also, once again pleaded for assistance. My posts were answered with immature and malicious comments.
On Thanksgiving day, I posted my final comment. Within 30 minutes, it was deleted. Please see the actual thread. http://forums.leoaffairs.com/viewtopic.php?f=84&t=93257&sid=3a0c806b36ad88ef0e2b33d1eeaf464e