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Imagine, if you will, going to the Pensacola Interstate Fair for a couple of weeks

and pocketing $12,000 in taxpayers' money in the process.

We'll find out how.

One sheriff's captain did just that on RNN News.

Then what if, during a police pursuit, an admitted armed robber

rolled his vehicle, injuring himself and a juvenile passenger?

Think there might be criminal consequences?

Not when the driver is Deputy David Brown.

The passenger, a 17-year-old Explorer, and the vehicle, an Escambia County police cruiser.

We'll recap Deputy Brown's known escapades as well as this latest crash.

In an item that might best be called unfair overtime,

RNN News has discovered some incredible sums of money that have been paid by the sheriff's office

to 10 of their sworn personnel for security at the 2007 Pensacola Interstate Fair.

The information contained in a public records release to this news agency

brings up more questions than answers, but here's what we know.

The total amount paid to the 10 was over $10,000.

Most remarkable was the amount paid to one sheriff's captain

at an hourly rate of $65, a princely $12,350.

This for an event spanning just 11 days.

Nice work if you can get it.

Of course, it did take 190 hours to rack up that paycheck.

That works out to over 17 hours and 15 minutes a day.

Not much time for rest.

A simple search.

The contributions records at Supervisor of Elections David Stafford's

EscambiaVotes.com website reveals another unusual set of facts.

Eight of the 10 lucky security personnel are contributors to the Ron McNesby for Sheriff campaign fund.

All but one of those are substantial contributors.

Though some also had relatives with the same surname that contributed cash to McNesby,

we're only counting funds coming from persons listed

and their spouses at the same residence.

RNN News doesn't fault any of these sheriff's employees

for giving substantial amounts of cash to the Sheriff McNesby Election Fund.

But in a county that finds it difficult to afford the means to fund a bus trip of a paying passenger,

$12,350 paid to a major campaign contributor for 11 days of fair overtime

looks a lot like unwarranted payola.

In this case, it's a lot like unwarranted payola.

In this reporter's opinion.

And when eight of the 10 people given the cushy high-paying duty at the fair

are campaign contributors, that greatly bolsters the opinion

that these people are being rewarded for cash donated to the sheriff.

Remember the grand jury investigation of Sheriff McNesby in the Arity-Severs complaint?

You know, the one in which a.k.a. Citizen George, formerly Administrator King George Tewart,

had asked that his friend,

the sheriff, help him in getting the $6,000 spent by Tewart's son in Arity's club, refunded?

Here's a quote from the grand jury report.

We emphasize that we hold our public officials and employees to a high standard.

They should strive to avoid even the appearance of impropriety in all their actions.

Sheriff Harry Ron McNesby, you have again failed that test miserably.

Now on to the chase.

You've heard the expression that enough is enough.

Well, at the Escambia County Sheriff's Office, too much is rarely enough.

Deputy David Brown is again in the news in a negative light.

He lost control of his cruiser during a chase of a traffic violator

and hit a power pole, rolling the cruiser and likely totaling the vehicle, judging from published photos.

Both he and the 17-year-old explorer riding with him were injured in the nighttime,

crash.

As an isolated incident, this might not be remarkable.

But let me share with you a few of the highlights from Deputy Brown's resume.

These are all quotes directly from Brown's pre-employment polygraph in July 2002.

Brown stated that in January 1998, he was arrested by the Pensacola Police Department

and charged with retail theft.

He stated that he was placed in pretrial intervention.

He stated he attempted to...

He stated he attempted to shoplift some baseball cards and a fingernail kit from Walmart in Pensacola, Florida.

Brown stated that he was again arrested in November 1998 in Pensacola, Florida

and charged with domestic violence.

He stated that adjudication was withheld.

He stated that this charge stemmed from an incident with his wife.

He stated that they got into an argument and during this argument, he slapped her.

Brown said,

Brown also stated that he was a suspect in two assault cases.

He stated on one occasion,

he went to the home of an individual and made several threats.

He stated that he also called and left threatening messages on the phone.

He stated that the other incident occurred when he and his brother and several of his brother's friends

became involved in a fistfight.

He stated that the fight escalated into a vehicle chase.

He stated that...

He stated that his brother was in possession of a weapon,

but he was not aware of it until his brother brandished the weapon.

Brown stated that he was a juvenile when these two incidents occurred.

Brown stated that while employed with the Hartsville Police Department,

he received several reprimands for minor violations of department policies.

He stated that he was suspended for three days on one occasion after having wrecked his patrol car.

He stated that he was...

He stated that he was suspended for three days because he did not answer his SWAT pager.

He stated that on one occasion he'd gotten off the midnight shift

and his pager went off a couple of hours later.

He stated that he received a one-day suspension for speeding in his patrol car.

Brown stated that when he was about 16 or 17 years old,

he went with his brother to one of his brother's friends' home.

He stated that the people who were at the home...

were heavily involved in drugs.

And to protect him, his brother told these individuals that he, Brown, was a drug dealer.

He stated that one of the men offered to trade a handgun for $400 worth of crack cocaine.

Brown stated that he agreed to the man's proposal,

although he didn't have any crack cocaine or any other type of drug.

He stated that when he and his brother left,

they started walking home,

and Brown gave an individual $5 to drive them.

He stated that the individual that was driving the car dropped off a friend of his,

and he got in the front seat with the driver.

He stated that his brother remained in the back seat,

and a short time later,

his brother, who was now in possession of the gun,

put the gun against the man's head

and told him, Brown, to take the man's money.

Brown stated that when his brother told him to take the man's money,

he was already getting out of the vehicle

and was not aware of what his brother was going to do.

Brown stated that he took the money from the man,

and then he and his brother fled the scene.

Wrecking the cruiser is by no means the first problem or complaint

for Deputy David Brown since being hired by the Sheriff's Department,

but one would expect trouble given his polygraph and background.

At least a reasonable person would.

And yet this admitted armed robber,

the son of an Escambia Sheriff's Office captain,

was hired by Sheriff Ron McNesby

and unleashed upon the citizenry of Escambia County.

It reminds me of something I read in the Independent News.

Escambia County.

The way Stephen King imagined it.

We appreciate you watching this episode of RNN News.

You can email us anytime at realityus at aol.com.

For RNN News, I'm David Craig.

Thanks for watching.

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