The state of Florida determined on December 7, 2022 that its interests would best be served by dismissing its case for “exceeding authorized use of computer systems” against me, a charge stemming from the December 7, 2020 armed raid of my home.
I’m free…
…after I pay a $20,000 fee to police for “investigative costs,” inclusive of the time they spent pointing semi-automatic weapons at my two-year-old daughter and 11-year-old son on direct orders from Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
No justice would be served by continuing the charade, but I must pay them regardless. In a judicial system adversarial to empathy, truth and human decency, I win a total dismissal… for a fee.
The state statute applied for the sole charge against me was struck down in June 2021 with the Van Buren v United States Supreme Court decision. We challenged the law, but the judge refused to hear arguments.
The conclusion of the two-years-long ordeal comes after I rejected multiple earlier plea offers from the state, who sought to settle the case without a trial early on.
In March 2021, the state offered a plea of “adjudication withheld” with requirements of community service, no arrests, no drugs - the boilerplate terms that come with a state wanting to save face on a case they know they will not win at trial.
I refused.
Earlier this year, after damning depositions by witnesses doomed the state’s case, the state offered a deferred prosecution agreement similar to the one we ultimately agreed to. We were...
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