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       Code Enforcement officer won't be charged
       By: Senior Date: July 8, 2012, 7:09 pm
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       Just another case of our rights being trampled upon.  Am I
       reading to much into this?
       Tall grass...A threat to the community I guess.  Did the officer
       commit a crime? Do you agree?  Disagree?
       Columbia County News-Times ©2012. All Rights Reserved.
       A code enforcement officer is caught on surveillance cameras
       illegally entering a home in an attempt to enforce a local code
       involving grass growing too high. The enforcement officer was
       actually a former sheriff’s deputy for a neighboring county who
       resigned after admitting to stealing a laptop from the evidence
       locker! Furthermore, he let his own brother BORROW his badge,
       where the brother used it in a local bar after getting involved
       in a brawl.
       Yet the officer merely went to another county and got another
       job working for the government, where he broke the rules AGAIN
       by illegally entering a home.
       After investigating the case for five days, the sheriff’s
       department DID NOT charge the man with the crime of entering the
       home illegally. Instead, they stated there was no criminal
       INTENT to justify charging him, even though he had already
       committed the crime!
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       Re: Code Enforcement officer won't be charged
       By: RobertLonie Date: July 8, 2012, 11:34 pm
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       I am still surprised when events such as this take place.
       How does tall grass give anyone permission to enter a private
       residence? The appropriate action would be to post a notice, or
       sent a notice in the mail. Why would a code enforcement officer
       have to go inside? Was he trying to get the owners lawnmower and
       take care of the tall grass? I don't think so. His dubious past
       is irrelavant as it is his current actions that he should be
       accountable for. What if the property owner happened to be
       getting into the shower? Isn't trespassing itself illegal in
       that town? Intent to commit a crime is evidenced by the fact a
       crime was committed. The citizens of that community should take
       notice. The prosecutor and the Sherriff were lazy and careless.
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