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http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascit ... 224542.htm
Posted on Thu, Mar. 30, 2006
Outside agency to aid probe of Fla. camp
MELISSA NELSON
Associated Press
PENSACOLA, Fla. - A special prosecutor investigating the death of a 14-year-old boy beaten by guards at a juvenile boot camp said Thursday that an "independent law enforcement agency" will help with the probe because he has concerns about the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
Mark Ober cited recently disclosed e-mails from the FDLE's commissioner to the boot camp operator that Gov. Jeb Bush has agreed were inappropriate.
FDLE Commissioner Guy Tunnell had started the Bay County boot camp when he was sheriff there, and the Bay County office under current Sheriff Frank McKeithen was running it when 14-year-old Martin Lee Anderson died Jan. 6.
In e-mails to McKeithen, Tunnell criticized those who questioned the effectiveness of boot camps.
Tunnell's e-mails with McKeithen and others also discussed FDLE's effort to withhold a video showing guards kicking, hitting and dragging the boy during a 30-minute encounter on Jan. 5.
After two lawmakers asked to see the video, Tunnell wrote in an e-mail to department staff: "Ain't gonna happen."
The department later released the video.
Bush has said Tunnell should not have communicated privately with McKeithen about the investigation. He appointed Ober as special prosecutor for the case after Bay County's prosecutor asked to be removed citing close ties with local law enforcement.
Ober, who is Hillsborough County's state attorney, said Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee had agreed to assist with the investigation. He didn't say whether Gee would replace FDLE.
"I have determined that it is in the best interest of this investigation that an independent law enforcement agency assist my office in completing this investigation," Ober said in a statement. His Tampa-based office declined to comment further.
Tunnell offered Ober his agency's continued assistance and support.
"I express my regret for the unfortunate perception that has developed in recent days that may have caused there to be doubt about my personal integrity, and more importantly, that of my agency in regards to this critical investigation," he said in a statement released Thursday.
Bush told The Associated Press he still has confidence in Tunnell but supports Ober's decision.
"Perception matters when you're dealing with sensitive investigations, and the fact that Mr. Tunnell was the former sheriff of Bay County, then the e-mails, I think it was the right decision by Mr. Ober. It doesn't mean Guy has done anything wrong, it doesn't mean FDLE was derelict in its duties," Bush said.
Benjamin Crump, an attorney for Anderson's family, said he believed Tunnell's e-mail exchanges compromised the investigation. He said Ober's announcement was encouraging.
"I think it is a positive step on behalf of the governor and the prosecutor so that they can try and restore public confidence so people can believe the system is fair," Crump said.
In the initial autopsy, the Bay County medical examiner ruled Anderson died of complications from sickle cell trait, a common but rarely deadly blood disorder. Other experts have since challenged that conclusion, and results of a second autopsy are pending.
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The Ledger - Lakeland,FL,USA
... the Jan. 6 death of 14-year-old Martin Lee Anderson after he was kicked
and punched by guards at a Panama City camp since closed. ...
http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ ... /603301091
Black leaders calling for change in juvenile justice
Tallahassee.com - Tallahassee,FL,USA
... currently in the juvenile system. Martin Lee Anderson is the most famous
death, he added, but four others have died in recent years. ...
http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dl ... /603300361
Outside Agency to Aid Probe of Fla. Camp
Houston Chronicle - United States
... 6 of Martin Lee Anderson, who was beaten, kicked and dragged by guards
in a scuffle captured on videotape at a boot camp run by the sheriff of
Bay County. ...
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/ ... 60122.html
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http://news.google.com/news?ie=utf8&oe= ... 60122.html
E-mails put investigator in hot seat
Miami Herald - FL,USA
As his department conducted an investigation into Martin Lee Anderson's
death, the head of Florida's top police agency carried on back-door chatter
with the ...
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/14201419.htm
Fla. official should have avoided boot camp probe, Gov. Bush says
KAIT - Jonesboro,AR,USA
... The communications were about the investigation and the department's
effort to withhold a video showing the beating of 14-year-old Martin Lee
Anderson. ...
http://www.kait8.com/Global/story.asp?S ... 3&nav=0jsh
No more secrecy
Daytona Beach News-Journal - Daytona,FL,USA
Most recently, public-records laws forced the state to reveal a videotape
taken of Martin Lee Anderson, a 14-year-old boy in a Bay County juvenile
boot camp. ...
http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJ ... 040106.htm
Boot Camp Probe Gets Serious
The Ledger - Lakeland,FL,USA
Last month, at the specific request of the boy's family, the body of 14-year-old
Martin Lee Anderson was exhumed to determine if he died of natural causes
or ...
http://www.theledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/ ... 10323/1036
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http://news.google.com/news?ie=utf8&oe= ... 10323/1036
Gov. Bush: Official Shouldn't Have E-Mailed
Washington Post - United States
... Frank McKeithen and others about the investigation and the department's
effort to withhold a video showing the beating of 14-year-old Martin Lee
Anderson. Sen. ...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 00851.html
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FDLE chief's boot camp e-mails trouble Bush
St. Petersburg Times - St. Petersburg,FL,USA
... forwarded to McKeithen an e-mail detailing the agency's effort to withhold
a video showing several guards hitting 14-year-old Martin Lee Anderson,
who died Jan ...
http://www.sptimes.com/2006/03/29/State ... _cam.shtml
Manatee's boot camp in trouble: Facility struggling with rate of ...
Bradenton Herald - FL, United States
... Florida's camps have come under intense scrutiny since January, when
14-year-old Martin Lee Anderson died after being punched, kicked and dragged
by drill ...
http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/ ... 243864.htm
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Outside agency to aid probe of Fla. camp
Hilton Head Island Packet - Hilton Head Island,SC,USA
... of Law Enforcement. Photo: This family photo of Martin Lee Anderson,
14, was released on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2006. Mark Ober cited ...
http://www.islandpacket.com/24hour/nati ... 4677c.html
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State must seek justice in boot-camp death
Tallahassee Democrat - Tallahassee,FL,USA
The US Justice Department and the state of Florida apparently condone Martin
Lee Anderson's "lynching," suffered at the direct hands of government
officials in ...
http://www.tallahassee.com/apps/pbcs.dl ... 06/OPINION
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http://news.google.com/news?ie=utf8&oe= ... 06/OPINION
prosecutor seeks outside help with boot camp probe
Daytona Beach News-Journal - Daytona,FL,USA
... and Bay County's sheriff. McKeithen's office runs the boot camp that
the state is investigating in Martin Lee Anderson's death. ...
http://www.news-journalonline.com/NewsJ ... 033106.htm
Cut-rate rehabilitation ruining juvenile justice
Palm Beach Post - FL, United States
... techniques DJJ had banned in 2004. After 30 minutes of the brutality,
Martin Lee Anderson died. In that case, as with Correctional ...
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/co ... _0403.html
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Rally planned on behalf of boot camp victim
Palm Beach Post - FL, United States
... Al Sharpton also are among the speakers scheduled to attend the event
in Tallahassee, said Benjamin Crump, the lawyer for the family of Martin
Lee Anderson. ...
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/c ... _0404.html
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