Case Summary for 08-1-5334 (retrieved 5/22/09)

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Bureau of State Investigations
Case Summary
Case Number: 08-1-5334
Facility:
Class:

GADSDEN C.r.
SEXUAL BATTERY (INMATE)

Case Type: A
Priority:
Special Category:
Assigned: 9/1 0/08
Incident Date: 9/8/08
Super Appv: 1/28/09
Cent Office Appv: 2/2/09
Distributed: 2/2/09
Addendum Pend: No
Disp. Date: 2/19/09

Incident Time: 10:00:00 AM
Addend. Date:

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Background Narrative:
ON 9/8/08, INMATE:
,
1SUBMITTED A WRITTEN STATEMENT
INDICATlNG THAWE HAD BEEN SEXUALLY INVOLVED WITH OFFICER ERIC CONRAD.
~STATED THAT THIS RELATIONSHIP STARTED IN MARCH 2008 AND
INMATE
LASTED FOR A PERIOD OF THREE MONTHS. SHE STATED THAT SHE HAD SEXUAL
RELATIONS WITH OFFICER CONRAD APPROXIMATELY FIVE TIMES. SHE ALSO
INDICATED THAT OFFICER CONRAD HAD TAKEN PICTURES OF HER USING HIS
PERSONAL CELLULAR PHONE AND HAD FORWARDED THE PICTURES (VIA CELL PHONE)
TO HER ~INMATEf
. ,.
} DAUGHTER'S CELLULAR PHONE. ADDITIONALLY,
ALLEmD THAT OFFICER CONRAD BROUGHT FOOD TO HER AND
INMATE
THAT S~ATIONSHIP ~ED HE HAS MADE THREATS AGAINST HER AND
HER FAMILY.INMATlr
--lALSO STATED THAT SHE WAS IN FEAR FOR HER
SAFETY DUE TO OFFIC~R CONRAD'S WIFE WORKING HERE AT THIS FACILITY.
Sustained: Yes

Unsustained: No

Exonerated: No

Disposition:
ASSIGNED BY INSPECTOR MARTIN. AS A RESULT OF THIS INVESTIGATION ANALYSIS OF
THE EVIDENCE, THERE IS INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO SUSTAIN THT ALLEGATION OF
SEXUAL BATTERY OR SEXUAL MISCONDUCT AGAINST OFFICER ERIC CONRAD.
HOWEVER, THERE IS SUFFICIENT EVIJ;,ENCE THAT OFFICER ERIC CONRAD HAS
VIOLATED CHAPTER 33-208.002(26)(STAFF/INMATE RELATIONSHIP), FLORIDA
ADMINISTRATIVE CODE. ON SEPTEMBER 8, 2008, WARDEN JOYCE ARNOLD TERMINATED
OFFICER CONRAD FROM HIS POSITION AS CORRECTIONAL OFFICER WITH GADSDEN
CORRECTIONAL FACILITY. ON NOVEMBER 14,2008, THIS CASE WAS UPGRADED TO AN
A-CASE AND WAS REASSIGNED FROM GADSDEN CORRECTIONAL FACILITY INSPECTOR
KENYA GOLDEN TO SENIOR INSSPECTOR JO D. TURNAGE. MR. HARRISON POOLE,
GADSDEN COUNTY STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, WAS CONTACTED AND DECLINED
PROSECUTION DUE TO A LACK OF WITNESSES AND EVIDENCE, RECOMMENDING THE
CASE BE HANDLED ADMINISTRATIVELY. ·····2/23/09 C. O. Eric Conrad - Dismissal 9/8/08 for
Staff/Offender Relationship. Mailed to FDLE on 2/23/09. Ic····

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Inspector(s)
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Subject(s)
CONRAD,ERIC (Private Facility - Certified
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Witness(es)
GOLDEN, KENYA (Outside Agency)
ARNOLD, JOYCE (Outside Agency)

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