FDLE chief blasts Rebekah Jones, defends agents
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FDLE chief blasts Rebekah Jones, defends agents
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement commissioner on Tuesday continued to stand by agents who conducted a search of the home of a former state employee accused of hacking into the state’s COVID-19 emergency response system.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The Florida Department of Law Enforcement commissioner on Tuesday continued to stand by agents who conducted a search of the home of a former state employee accused of hacking into the state’s COVID-19 emergency response system.
While asserting that his agents did not point guns at the children of Rebekah Jones, Commissioner Richard Swearingen defended the way they dealt with Jones. In part, he said she had previously been involved in an altercation with a police officer in Louisiana.
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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement commissioner on Tuesday continued to stand by agents who conducted a search of the home of a former state employee accused of hacking into the state’s COVID-19 emergency response system.
While asserting that his agents did not point guns at the children of Rebekah Jones, Commissioner Richard Swearingen defended the way they dealt with Jones. In part, he said she had previously been involved in an altercation with a police officer in Louisiana.
Swearingen told reporters that in 2016, the Louisiana State University Police Department charged Jones with one count of battery on a law enforcement officer and two counts of resisting arrest.
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FDLE released body cam video after the execution of a search warrant on Rebekah Jones home on Dec. 7. Afterward, she accused Gov. Ron DeSantis of sending the “Gestapo” after her, a reference FDLE Commissioner Richard Swearingen called “offensive.”
Richard Swearingen asserts his agents did not point guns at the children of Rebekah Jones during a search of her home but said their approach was due, in part, to a 2016 altercation she had with LSU police.
The Florida Department of Law Enforcement commissioner on Tuesday continued to stand by agents who conducted a search of the home of a former state employee accused of hacking into the state’s COVID-19 emergency response system.