Monroe County Sheriff Dept Fudges Police Report to Cover Up Elder Abuse

Monroe County,Florida USA...by Ray Fernandez

OFFENSE REPORT MONROE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE
MCS0050FF0079I7 Printed On: 09/28/2005 15:42

MR. RAUL FERNANDEZ ADVISED THAT HE WILL BE PURSUING THIS MATTER CIVILLY WITH HIS ATTORNEY.

9/1/2005 10:35 SUPPLEMENT HAMILTON, HENRY B Si55 S6897 9/1/2005 1-0- -:3--7
THIS INVESTIGATOR DISCUSSED THE CASE WITH ASA J.T. GORMAN OF THE STATES ATTORNEY OFFICE AND AGREED WITH THIS INVESTIGATOR ON THE STATUS OF THE CASE, SINCE THERE WERE NO PHYSICAL SIGNS OF ABUSE AND THE MATTER SHOULD BE HANDLED CIVILLY BETWEEN THE BROTHERS.

9/1/2005 14:47 SUPPLEMENT MORFFI, JOR(;E LUIS 11-2-3-
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THIS WRITER RESPONDED TO 5525 COLLEGE RI) / M.C.S.O HEAD QUARTERS.
UPON ARRIVAL I MET WITH A LAURA WHO INFORMED ME THAT A CLARA FERNANDEZ WAS AN ELDERLY PERSON WHO WAS AT THE LOBBY AT OUR HEAD QUARTERS. LAURA SAID THAT DETECTIVE HAMLTON NEEDED A DEPUTY TO SWEAR IN CLARA FERNANDEZ AND HAVE HER SIGN IT AND THE DEPUTY SIGN IT.
I MET WITH CLARA FERNANDEZ THE VICTIM AT THE LOBBY THERE I READ A STATEMENT. I INFORMED VICTIM TO RAISE HER
RIGHT HAND SO I CAN SWEAR HER IN. THE VICTIM WAS SWORN IN.
I TOLD VICTIM TO SIGN ON THE PROPER BOX AND DATE IT. THE VICTIM HAD A HARD TIME SIGNING ON THE LINE AND HER HAND SHOOK CONTINOULYS. IT WOULD BE HARD FOR THE VICTIM TO TYPE SAID 2 PAGE LETTER SINCE SHE IS AN ELDERLY PERSON AND HAD A HARD TIME SIGNING THE STATEMENT.


Date Entered NCIC: Date Removed NCIC:
Supervisor APPROVED
BOBBY RANDOLPH
No Concur No
Date Time No Pt1F/U No
09/05/2005 09:04 No lnvF/U Yes
Case Screening Supv. BOBBY RANDOLIH
Date Time
08/25/2005 07:54
Investigator
S155
HAMILTON, HENRY B
Report Last Modified 09/05/2005 09:04 WITNESS STATEMENT
Last First Middle Title H R S DOB
MCCLAIN ANGELA N W F 10/27/1927
I have known Clara at least 15 years and saw her often several times a week, most times On August 2004 Clara suddenly disappeared without ever giving any indication she wanted to leave.
Attempts to contact or speak with Clara were blocked by Al Fernandez and Bill Hart, who did not allow me to talk with her .

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This police report raises some very disturbing issues and exemplifies what happens when elder abuse is reported.

Mr Raul Fernandez NEVER EVER thinks that elder abuse is a civil matter, and words were put into my mouth, which brings up the question : Does a citizen when attempting to report elder abuse have a right to be accurately quoted in a police report?

In spite of numerous witness that gave sworn statements that Mr. Willam A Hart and Mr Adalberto J Fernandez Jr had overmedicated the elder while cashing her accounts and had held her in strict isolation, when the victim herself accompanied by her best friend Angela McClain tried to file a report (herself) she was ridiculed and her report trashed because "her hand was shaking."

Way too often as exemplied by this case attempting to report elder abuse or file reports can not only be demeaning for the elder and their families but a big waste of time as well.