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PBSO Case Vs Blogger to be Dropped!

Posted by , August 28, 2012 Print

Prosecutors with the office of the Palm Beach County State Attorney plan on dropping the criminal case brought against West Palm Beach blogger Mark Dougan, Gossip Extra has learned.

The badge of the Palm Beach County Sheriff's OfficeAllegations of wrongdoing were brought by the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office in February after the arrest of an Internal Affairs lieutenant.

Now, a law enforcement source tells me Dougan will not be arrested and no charge will be formally filed.

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“PBSO wanted him charged with something,” said the source, who asked to remain anonymous. “But (interim State Attorney Peter) Antonacci told them he’d never get a conviction. It’s going nowhere.”

Dougan runs pbsotalk.com, a West Palm Beach website that’s been critical to the administration of Sheriff Ric Bradshaw. In addition to publishing public records that Dougan believes show waste within PBSO, the site also allows deputies to post anonymous messages about their superiors.

A spokeswoman for Antonacci declined comment because the disposition has yet to be signed by Antonacci to be formally closed.

“For PBSO to try to originate a charge simply for exposing corruption in their agency was criminal in itself,” Dougan said. “I’m glad to see that Mr. Antonacci’s people have the wisdom to see what’s taking place in Palm Beach County.”

Dougan also posts caricatures of PBSO honchos that at times pushed the bounds of good taste, prompting a civil lawsuit from Chief Deputy Mike Gauger, Bradshaw’s second-in-command.

In February, smack dab in the middle of Bradshaw’s reelection campaign, PBSO brass had disgraced captain Ann Burke, who has since retired, tape her conversations with IA Lieutenant Dean Johnson.

PBSO brass believed Johnson was passing on information potentially damaging to the sheriff to Dougan for publication on his site.

Johnson remains on administrative leave pending the outcome of the felony case filed against him.

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4 Comments

  1. Toni, 8 months ago Reply

    Great news – the Sheriff should spend more of his time figuring out why his deputies are killing innocent citizens on their own property.

  2. clearview, 8 months ago Reply

    Well glad to see that Mr. Bradshaw is going to stop wasting money some place , and face it he won another term so he can’t afford four more years fighting Dugan exposing his shady deeds. Heck , maybe he could actually try to shave that ballooning budget and stop giving take home cars to everybody but the janitors . Maybe he could have those “emergency vehicles” be limited to police work rather than taking the family to Publix, the beach , and home depot , oh , lets not forget the kids and their friends to little league ball practices.

  3. Spice63, 8 months ago Reply

    What a great idea. Let’s spread gossip and make divisive statements against our 1st line of defence against crime and gangs.
    We can increase the divisiveness by letting every malcontent publish unsubstianted claims and then scream about our 1st Amendment rights without any regard to responsibilities.
    Slander, misinformation and spin can rule the day!
    Oh yes, there was that election. What was the margin of victory?

    • Jose Lambiet, 8 months ago Reply

      I can think of half a billion reasons to keep tabs on PBSO, Spice, every dollar that taxpayers spend every year on the agency!


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