Scandal just a few minutes ago. Lets get to paul with the latest. Reporter the recruits getting exceptionally great answers on their written and oral exams. One recruit doing so well, one of the instructors said the recruit was almost mechanic. The ring. The sheriff says it was all one heck of a secret operation. They were meeting in a garage, they were telling each other to be extremely careful. Undetected. Take a listen. All seven admitted to having them to their advantage. Cheated, and in many cases lied about it. People who are cheats and liars dont belong working in Law Enforcement and theyre not going to work for the pinellas department. Reporter other recruits were given the opportunity to get the answers for the exam and when asked how difficult these tests were, they said not hard at all. A woman will be getting a huge cash settlement. Kingston claims that winston raped her while they were students. She claims that the school did tried to cover up the case. Good evening jen. J
Couple lying about the sink hole. And were being joined by Shannon Behnken live from outside the courthouse. Reporter we tried to talk to the defendants outside of the courthouse and heres how they responded. What do you guys are hoping is going to happen here . Do you have anything to say . Any reaction today . Reporter glen and Katherine Jason were found guilty of wire fraud in october. This followed an 8 on your side investigation that exposed they sold their spring hill home and lied about a sink hole activity under the home. To the home buyers. They had already collected an insurance settlement for 153,000 but they did not tell this to the new buyers. Those buyers have five young house, they had to move out of the house when it cracked and their Insurance Company dropped them. Those buyers are ready for all of this to be over. So whats your reaction to what happened today . How do you think its going so far. I dont know. Its very con feuding its very confusing but were going to tr
It is frustrating for residents like patrick to hear of deputies violating the public trust when theyre spied to be enforcing the law. If anything they need to be following better than us and be an example to the community the deputy hired 16 new deputies theyre half way through Field Training when last week a deputy discovered seven recruteds cheating on verbal and written tests, the perfect answers and scores that they have never seen before. It show it is law of a moral compass, the lack of ethic the wrong. Three year deputy and Training Officer eric knew incoming recruit darryl cook from their time together. He tells cook it is not hard to be a rock star here. He offers to send cook the test materials through his wifes e mail, warning him not to open it at work or share it with anyone else and feared getting caught by internal affair. Knew what he was doing was wrong. The sheriff says cook then helped six other recruits cheat. It cost them all of the 45,000 plus jobs. Honesty a big
Table, and all right irans Supreme Leader i spoke to a pa a Paramilitary Group and slammed the u. S. Saying instead of using threats, go and repair your devastated economy so your government does not shut down for 15 days. Go and pay your debts. Phil, i got if tell you, the first opening meeting was quite brief. It was almost as if it was the setting of the table for what is to come starting tomorrow. Reporter yeah, tony, those comments are being discussed here in geneva, you really couldnt miss them. But an u. S. Delegation spoke in the background briefing today and the top negotiators has the impression that most of that was meant for the domestic audience back in iran. Nevertheless, top officials saying that it does affect the december cases of mistrust that was built up over the years and that will have to be overcome if a real agreement is to come to the table. What are those specific issues that have to be ironed out for there to be a deal here . Reporter okay, tony, this is the
Telling a french newspaper the fire is approaching. The reaction coming on the heels of a french Intelligence Report that agrees with the United States conclusion syria did use chemical weapons against its own people. While syrian ally russia disagrees, turkey is joining the ranks of nations backing military action. The dire situation is making headlines across the globe with a profound human impact. The United Nations confirming more than 2 Million People have now fled the violence in syria. 7 Million People are displaced. Thats about onethird of the countrys population. We have coverage from Ayman Moyheldin in beirut and tracie potts in washington. Whats the reaction to assads threat that just came out . Reporter good morning, richard. Certainly a sense situation unfolding here across the region. Especially in the early hours of this morning, given the fact there was this missile test that seems to now have been emanated out of Israeli Defense forces conducting some type of exercise