Topic: In an astounding paperwork prison break that has sent shockwaves across Florida.
+Anonymous A — 12.9 years ago #27,567
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/breakingnews/os-killers-loose-orlando-florida-20131017,0,900122.storyOrange-Osceola Chief Judge Belvin Perry's signature was forged on a pair of fraudulent orders that freed two Orlando-area killers
Authorities are hunting for Charles Bernard Walker and Joseph Ivan Jenkins, both 34, after they left the Franklin Correctional Institution in the Panhandle within two weeks of each other because of fabricated documents authorizing their release.
Ninth Judicial Circuit court officials said the phony paperwork contains the forged signatures of at least two judges and members of the State Attorney's Office --- including State Attorney Jeff Ashton.
"I strongly believe they had some help," Perry told the Orlando Sentinel today. "It is unlikely [the documents] were produced by the inmates."
At least three investigations
The orders to release the inmates were filed with the Orange County Clerk's office and were carefully crafted to appear legitimate, complete with the county seal, letterheads and outlined in a format common to documents filed regularly at the clerk's office.
It is unclear how they were filed. Law officers said they think at least one killer may be in Orange County.
DOC: Everything seemed normal
Joseph Jenkins went free Sept. 27.
He was serving a life sentence for a first-degree murder of a father of six in Orlando committed in 1998.
Charles Walker walked away Oct. 8.
He was supposed to be locked up for life for a second-degree murder conviction in 1999.
Officials at the Franklin Correctional Institution in the Panhandle were duped into thinking the men's sentences had been reduced because of the counterfeit paperwork, state investigators said.
"Everything came the way it normally comes," said Misty Cash, Florida Department of Corrections spokeswoman. "Our department followed every protocol and did everything we are supposed to do."
When prison officials received Jenkins Walker's release information, they verify the orders by accessing the Orange County Clerk of Courts website or calling the office.
Corrections officials didn't realize the paperwork had been forged, said FDOC spokeswoman Jessica Cary.
Once the information is verified, officials run the inmates' names through a database mining for any outstanding warrants or probation violations. If the names clear, they prepare release paperwork and the inmate is immediately released, state officials said in a statement.
The documents in question were motions to correct a so-called "illegal sentence" that was supposedly written and filed by a prosecutor in the State Attorney's Office.
Walker's Oct. 7 motion argued that he should never have been sentenced to life imprisonment because he was only found guilty of third degree murder not second degree.
He asks for a 15-year sentence and the forged documents granted it.
(Edited 8 minutes later.)
+The Doctor !7MHPahvoGY — 12.9 years ago, 6 minutes later[T] [B] #322,848
+Anti — 12.9 years ago, 1 minute later, 7 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #322,849
·Syntax (OP) — 12.9 years ago, 1 minute later, 9 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #322,850
Error is identifieyieyer
+Anti — 12.9 years ago, 1 minute later, 10 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #322,852
·Anti — 12.9 years ago, 1 minute later, 11 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #322,853
·The Doctor !7MHPahvoGY — 12.9 years ago, 1 minute later, 13 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #322,854
·Anti — 12.9 years ago, 2 minutes later, 15 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #322,856
·The Doctor !7MHPahvoGY — 12.9 years ago, 3 minutes later, 18 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #322,860
@previous (Anti )Accuse me of being a nonce for replying to your post if you are an angry crossdressing child abuse fetishist.
·Anti — 12.9 years ago, 6 minutes later, 25 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #322,864
·Anti — 12.9 years ago, 1 minute later, 26 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #322,866
·Anti — 12.9 years ago, 32 seconds later, 27 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #322,867
·The Doctor !7MHPahvoGY — 12.9 years ago, 6 minutes later, 33 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #322,871
·Anti — 12.9 years ago, 12 minutes later, 46 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #322,881
·The Doctor !7MHPahvoGY — 12.9 years ago, 5 minutes later, 52 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #322,882
·Anti — 12.9 years ago, 27 seconds later, 52 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #322,883
·The Doctor !7MHPahvoGY — 12.9 years ago, 58 seconds later, 53 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #322,885
·Anti — 12.9 years ago, 56 seconds later, 54 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #322,886
·The Doctor !7MHPahvoGY — 12.9 years ago, 43 seconds later, 55 minutes after the original post[T] [B] #322,887
+Anonymous E — 12.9 years ago, 2 hours later, 3 hours after the original post[T] [B] #322,936
Start a new topic to continue this conversation.
Or browse the latest topics.