State Attorney Angela Corey fired her office’s information technology director Friday after he testified last month about being concerned prosecutors did not turn over information to George Zimmerman’s defense team in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin.
On the same day attorneys finished their closing arguments in that nationally watched trial, a state attorney investigator went to Ben Kruidbos’ home about 7:30 a.m. to hand-deliver a letter stating Kruidbos “can never again be trusted to step foot in this office.”
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His attorney Wesley White — who resigned from the State Attorney’s Office in December and is a critic of Corey — said the firing was aimed at sending a message to office employees “that if they feel like there is wrongdoing,” they should not disclose it or seek legal guidance from a private attorney.
“If they do speak to an attorney, then they are dead,” he said. “The State Attorney’s Office will do whatever is necessary to not only terminate them, but destroy their reputations in the process.”
Jackelyn Barnard, spokeswoman for Corey and the State Attorney's Office, did not return phone calls or emails for comment.
Kruidbos, 42, had been on paid administrative leave since May 28 from his $80,892 job.
In January, he used computer software technology to extract photographs and text messages from the source file in Martin’s cellphone.
Kruidbos was able to recover more information than the Florida Department of Law Enforcement obtained previously. Kruidbos said he became concerned that lead prosecutor Bernie de la Rionda might not have turned over Kruidbos’ report to defense attorneys. Kruidbos asked White in April for legal advice and described some contents of his report such as a photo of an African-American hand holding a gun, a photo of a plant resembling marijuana and a text message referring to a gun transaction.
White then contacted one of Zimmerman’s attorneys and learned the defense had not received the report generated by Kruidbos. The defense did receive the source file from the cellphone and used its own experts to extract data.
Last month, Zimmerman’s attorneys subpoenaed both White and Kruidbos during a pretrial hearing on their motion seeking sanctions against prosecutors. Circuit Judge Debra Nelson deferred a ruling until after the trial.Read the full story HERE and listen to Attorney Alan Dershowitz Chime in on Corey and the Zimmerman Case:
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4 comments:
Don't miss Alan Dershowitz chime in on Zimmerman and totally destroy Angela Corey..Classic verbal take down.
Justice for Ben Kruidbos. Rick Scott needs to fire her already.
-Martha
Governor Rick Scott is the person who APPOINTED State Attorney Angela Corey to be the special prosecutor in the Zimmerman-Martin case, REPLACING State Attorney Norm Wolfinger because he had determined that there was INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE to prosecute Zimmerman.
Scott caved into pressure from the State Run Media lynch mob instead of standing up for due process and the rule of law.
Scott's cowardly little RINO fingerprints are all over this debacle.
Newark, yes I found that out today. Scott and Bondi are the ones who need to go. This is all on their heads.
-Martha
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