Call Him Sheriff Staly: At Swearing-In, Veteran Cop Stresses Roots, Toughness...
Sheriff Rick Staly was sworn-in this morning before a crowd of hundreds and makes pledges of toughness on "dirtbags" but also pledges of giving offenders better chances at self-improvement while...
View ArticleBoots, Stetson Hats and Tommy Guns Dress Up Flagler Sheriff’s Centennial...
Some 200 people gathered at the Flagler Sheriff's centennial, including the families of eight sheriffs and three former sheriffs themselves as a torrid sun sweated out many memories. The post Boots,...
View ArticleHolland-Hutson Money Race Still Lopsided; Manfre Doubles Take, Closing...
The last two weeks of September saw Travis Hutson add almost as much money to his treasure chest--$13,000--as Milissa Holland raised in the entire election cycle ($15,502). Sheriff Candidate Jim Manfre...
View ArticlePurity, Schmurity: GOP’s Ray Stevens Picks Democrat Jim Manfre, Jolting...
Ray Stevens spent much of his primary battle discrediting John Pollinger's GOP credentials. General election rules are different, he says, explaining his endorsement of Jim Manfre, and drawing charges...
View ArticleCrime in Flagler County Declines Again, Adding Another Wrinkle to Sheriff’s Race
Flagler County Sheriff Don Fleming was quick to tout the 6.2 percent crime rate decline in the first six months of 2012 as vindication of his policies, while his opponent, Jim Manfre, a former sheriff,...
View ArticleFeed Flagler Recap: $17,000 in Donations; Johnston Reclaims Fund-Raising Trophy
Tax Collector Suzanne Johnston raised $5,001, or $1 more than Flagler County Sheriff Don Fleming, thanks to a last-minute, $1 donation from George Hanns, the county commissioner. The post Feed Flagler...
View ArticleManfre Picks Rick Staly as Undersheriff, Passing Over O’Brien, Who’ll Be...
Incoming Flagler County Sheriff Jim Manfre's appointment of Rick Staly as undersheriff signals Manfre's intent to shake up the internal workings of the agency while maintaining some continuity with...
View ArticleCase Closed: Sheriff Fleming Will Pay $500 Fine to Settle Hammock Club Ethics...
the Florida Commission on Ethics is expected to approve the settlement agreement at its meeting next month, two weeks after Fleming will have left office after eight years as Flagler County Sheriff....
View ArticleSheriff Fleming Restores to Full Rank Deputy Accused of Skimming Time, as...
An internal investigation of Sgt. Jamie Roster, based on testimonies from men he supervised, had found him to have falsified time sheets for more than $8,000. The settlement between Fleming and the PBA...
View ArticleNew Sheriff In Town: Jim Manfre Wastes No Time Firing, Demoting and Reorganizing
Even before he was to be sworn in at noon Tuesday, Sheriff Jim Manfre had radically reorganized the sheriff’s office in a manner bound to stir a mixture of resentment and approval, signaling an...
View ArticleQuoting—and Misquoting—Jefferson, Sheriff Vows Agency Will Breathe Air of...
Flagler County Sheriff Jim Manfre's swearing-in featured a large-tent invitation and sharp contrasts of style and intentions with the eight years of Don Fleming, but also a reminder from Manfre that...
View ArticleHit-and-Run Fischer Case Set for March 25 Trial in Flagler, With Upwards of...
The more than 60 witnesses on the trial list suggest the defense will undermine claims of a first-degree felony hit-and-run charge against Jamesine Fischer by focusing on her character and...
View ArticleFlagler Sheriff Deputies Will Respond to Many Medical Calls in Policy Shift...
The change, the first significant and visible policy change of Flagler County Sheriff Jim Manfre’s new administration, is a direct result of the hit-and-run death of Françoise Pécqueur in Palm Coast’s...
View ArticleACLU Sues Sheriff Manfre Over Jail Policy Restricting Incoming Mail to Postcards
Beginning in January 2011 under Sheriff Don Fleming, inmates at the Flagler County jail have been forbidden from receiving mail other than small postcards, or from writing letters longer than two...
View ArticleJamesine Fischer Pleads Guilty in Hit-and-Run, Will Serve 21 to 36 Months in...
Jamesine Fischer Thursday morning pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident with a death, in the hit-and-run killing of 76-year-old Francoise Pecqueur in Palm Coast in November 2011. The post...
View ArticleBack from a Limb, Ray Stevens “Distances” Himself from November’s Manfre...
Republican Ray Stevens says he would not have endorsed Democrat Jim Manfre in November had he known that firings were on the way. Manfre himself defended his actions as necessary, while thanking...
View ArticleResponding to ACLU, Manfre Restores His Own More Permissive Jail Mail Policy
Flagler County Sheriff Jim Manfre has rescinded a policy that for the last two years, under Sheriff Don Fleming, prohibited inmates at the county jail from receiving letters at all, or writing letters...
View ArticleJamesine Fischer Is Sentenced to 25 Months in Prison for Hit-and-Run Death of...
Jamesine Fischer, the 56-year-old wife of Flagler School Board member John Fischer, will serve at least 21 months in a Florida state prison following her sentencing Wednesday for the hit-and-run death...
View ArticleDon Fleming: Private Dick, Scott’s Millions, California’s Excellent Marijuana...
Ex-Sheriff Don Fleming turns private investigator, Rick Scott Rakes in the re-election millions, California's medicinal pot legalization is working wonders, a Saudi comic drives Bob Marley through the...
View ArticleFederal Order Formalizes Agreement Between Flagler Sheriff and ACLU Ending...
Flagler County Sheriff Jim Manfre had nothing to do with a sadistic postcard-only mail policy at the Flagler County jail when he was targeted by an ACLU lawsuit charging First Amendment violations. A...
View ArticleSheriff’s Deputies Never Wrote an Incident Report After Fatally Shooting Palm...
Details of the December 2012 fatal shooting of 32-year-old Troy Gordon on Brownstone Lane in Palm Coast, at a time when Don Fleming was still sheriff, emerged in a court case today that revealed how a...
View ArticleSpeculate No More: Ex-Undersheriff Rick Staly Declares Run Against Ex-Boss...
Staly's announcement was long expected and similar to his 2004 run for sheriff in Orange County. He joins a crowded field of Republican contenders vying to take on Democrat Manfre. The post Speculate...
View ArticleAt Sheriff’s Forum, 6 GOP Candidates Thump More Chests Than Manfre, and Few...
The two-hour forum before 300 people revealed some sheriff's candidates better prepared than others, only a few differences of opinion, and less focus on Jim Manfre than on the future. The post At...
View ArticleAt Flagler Sheriff’s Forum, Eight More or Less Angry Men, Mostly at Incumbent...
The only candidate forum featuring all nine sheriff's candidates before the Aug. 30 primary sparked with verbal sniping between incumbent Jim Manfre on one side and ex-Sheriff Don Fleming and...
View ArticleNasty, Brutish and Shrill: Flagler Sheriff’s Race Tests Edge of the...
Rick Staly, one of six GOP candidates for sheriff, launched attacks on Don Fleming and Jim Manfre but reserved particular wrath for John Lamb, though claims in the shape of a smoking gun turn out to be...
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