Julie K. Brown

So, you know, they said, oh, well, you're not going to get anything more because we've opened an internal affairs investigation. Once they open an investigation, you can't get any records. So, you know, just as simple as getting his medical credentials, you would think in any place in America, you would be able to confirm that a doctor has his degree and where he got his degree from.

So, you know, they said, oh, well, you're not going to get anything more because we've opened an internal affairs investigation. Once they open an investigation, you can't get any records. So, you know, just as simple as getting his medical credentials, you would think in any place in America, you would be able to confirm that a doctor has his degree and where he got his degree from.

Even the Department of Health, the Florida Department of Health dragged their feet forever on giving us his medical credentials. We had to get our lawyer finally after months went by. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement, I do not know what happened with that. I've been told by some of our reporters that they have records requests in for over a year that have not been filled there.

Even the Department of Health, the Florida Department of Health dragged their feet forever on giving us his medical credentials. We had to get our lawyer finally after months went by. The Florida Department of Law Enforcement, I do not know what happened with that. I've been told by some of our reporters that they have records requests in for over a year that have not been filled there.

I think they are completely shut down and not giving any public records. So it's just insane because, you know, the press is really, you know, we are actually doing this for residents, for citizens, for taxpayers. We're doing the job that you guys don't have the time or the money to do. So we're trying to get information.

I think they are completely shut down and not giving any public records. So it's just insane because, you know, the press is really, you know, we are actually doing this for residents, for citizens, for taxpayers. We're doing the job that you guys don't have the time or the money to do. So we're trying to get information.

And so they're not giving us information, but that means they're not giving you information, you know, residents, citizens, people who pay taxes. And it's just getting worse and worse, I think, in Florida.

And so they're not giving us information, but that means they're not giving you information, you know, residents, citizens, people who pay taxes. And it's just getting worse and worse, I think, in Florida.

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Well, he's you know, he's enjoying his life. He's basically retired. He has a daughter in Colorado. He spends a lot of time in Colorado. Lovely. You know, so he's out and about is the bottom line. He is. But he is facing narcotics, federal narcotics charges. trafficking charges from all the drugs that they found in his apartment.

Well, he's you know, he's enjoying his life. He's basically retired. He has a daughter in Colorado. He spends a lot of time in Colorado. Lovely. You know, so he's out and about is the bottom line. He is. But he is facing narcotics, federal narcotics charges. trafficking charges from all the drugs that they found in his apartment.

But that case doesn't look like it's going to last because they use the same search warrant that they used in this sex trafficking case. And that was among the many problems with Fernandez Rundle's case. The search warrant that they used was faulty. And so the feds are using that same search warrant to make narcotics charges stick. And it looks like they're not going to stick.

But that case doesn't look like it's going to last because they use the same search warrant that they used in this sex trafficking case. And that was among the many problems with Fernandez Rundle's case. The search warrant that they used was faulty. And so the feds are using that same search warrant to make narcotics charges stick. And it looks like they're not going to stick.

Well, I think that, you know, we looked at her statistics too, and she really only prosecutes, or I should say it the opposite way, about three quarters of the cases that she handles gets either abandoned, dropped, or non-prosecuted. So she only actually takes to trial a quarter of the cases that she handles, and of the quarter that she handles, only half of that number are prosecuted.

Well, I think that, you know, we looked at her statistics too, and she really only prosecutes, or I should say it the opposite way, about three quarters of the cases that she handles gets either abandoned, dropped, or non-prosecuted. So she only actually takes to trial a quarter of the cases that she handles, and of the quarter that she handles, only half of that number are prosecuted.

her numbers aren't good and they're getting worse every year. I mean, one problem, of course, is that she has a high turnover. She pays. She doesn't pay well. But I think a bigger problem, you know, being a journalist, we don't make a whole lot of money, but I'm driving inflation. I'm driven by, you know, the passion.

her numbers aren't good and they're getting worse every year. I mean, one problem, of course, is that she has a high turnover. She pays. She doesn't pay well. But I think a bigger problem, you know, being a journalist, we don't make a whole lot of money, but I'm driving inflation. I'm driven by, you know, the passion.

And I'm sure a lot of the young prosecutors that go into our office are driven by the passion to expose people, to to bring justice to, you know, those kinds of things, especially when you're a young prosecutor. And when you keep hitting a wall and they don't want to, they want your client to take a, you know, they want a plea bargain. You know, they don't want to take cases to trial.

And I'm sure a lot of the young prosecutors that go into our office are driven by the passion to expose people, to to bring justice to, you know, those kinds of things, especially when you're a young prosecutor. And when you keep hitting a wall and they don't want to, they want your client to take a, you know, they want a plea bargain. You know, they don't want to take cases to trial.