Sheriff Snyder Can't Hide From The Truth!
Evidence we have already
posted, and more we will post in the future, seems to indicate that people
Martin County Sheriff William Snyder has put in place as his top echelon
commanders have a substantial history of wrongdoing. When he took office, Snyder publicly said his decision to
restructure the Sheriff's Office has to do with putting in people "who
will share my vision and passion for law enforcement," and not politics.
Now it appears that his vision is somewhat cloudy.
Recent Public Records
requests we filed with the Miami-Dade Police Department revealed information
concerning MDPD Chief Counsel (Attorney) Glenn Theobald's participation in the
mis-use of 1.5 Million dollars earmarked by the federal government for environmental
issues. Theobald, an Attorney, is presently Snyder's Legal Affairs
Director and second in command of the MCSO. And it appears that he left
his job with the Miami-Dade Police just one step ahead of being fired.
The following Memorandum
concerning Theobald was copied from the Miami-Dade Professional Compliance
Bureau (Internal Affairs Division) concerning just some of his past activities:
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Date May 9, 2012
From: James K. Loftus,
Director
Miami-Dade Police Department
Subject: Disposition of IA
(INTERNAL AFFAIRS) 2010-0241
Marked: CLOSED
JUN 1, 2012
This writer has reviewed the
above subject file and concurs with the Disposition Panel's findings
of Sustained for the allegation against former
Chief Counsel Glenn Theobald. Chief Counsel Theobald retired from
the Department on May 2, 2010. The recommended action would be termination if still employed by the Department.
JKL/ip
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In viewing records that were provided to us pursuant to another public records request we submitted to the MCSO, Glenn Theobald's employment information appears to be irregular and suspicious. Although all sworn personnel are required to undergo a polygraph test prior to being hired, the line next to Theobald's polygraph test results is marked "WAIVED." Snyder's long time associate at the Miami-Dade Police Department didn't even have to take the required polygraph test. Additionally, although a request seeking any Internal Affairs investigations and the findings appear to have been requested by MCSO it is unknown if they were ever forwarded or, if they had been received, never placed in Theobald's file.
We do not know if the missing or misused funds issue was ever referred for prosecution to either state or federal authorities. Usually, police agencies do not refer such cases for prosecution so as to not publicly discredit their departments or hinder their chances of receiving financial grants in the future. If the MDPD would have notified the Florida Department of Law Enforcement about Theobald's involvement with the missing or mis-used funds they may have had to revoke his law enforcement certification which would have made him ineligible to work for MCSO. Investigation pending!
QUESTIONS: Why did Sheriff Snyder give
Theobald a waiver from taking the required polygraph test? Did he know about
Theobald's prior involvement with the missing or misused funds? How could
he not know? If Theobald withheld that information from Snyder shouldn't
he be immediately terminated from MCSO now that Snyder knows about it? If
Snyder did, in fact, know about it shouldn't they both be brought up on charges
and fired from MCSO? Does Snyder know that, over time, good looks
diminish while "stupid" last forever? By the way, since we are
aware that the County Board has been following our posts doesn't their past
lack of "due diligence" and/or their present non-response make them
just as culpable as Sheriff Snyder?
Authored by: Ira B.
Robins
Salvatore Rastrelli
Tags: Martin County
Sheriff's Office, Sheriff William Snyder, Glenn Theobald, Miami-Dade Police
Department, James K. Loftus Director Miami-Dade Police Department
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