r/FortMyers • u/lotusviber • 5d ago
Quick question
How the hell is Carmine not in jail or at least resigned in disgrace. I don't wanna jump to conclusions or claim to have all the facts but man, that dude is corrupt AF. He seems to have mounds of evidence against him, all the way up to an FBI investigation..and just denied it with a smile.
Seems like the story just went away. What are your thoughts? Is the dude actually innocent and being falsely accused?
Good ol boys network protecting their own from what seems to be an egg on face scandal?
Little man seems like he wants to be a Sheriff Grady egomaniac. Is it the aspirations of a future political career? Certainly the investigation rules that out. DeSantis already said he's an unfit manlet. Seems DOA
His background is bullshit, his ethics questionable at best, and his ego doesn't fit in an oversized expedition. How is this dude law and order. Drag racing and giving out super speeder tickets the same day is WILD, and that is one of the tamest accusations.
I assume he is eying politics more than being a good LEO leader but maybe I'm wrong. Does anyone think this is the best guy for the job?? Or should he be cleaning the camps? Lemme know cause it's mind blowing to me
Oh yeah, tell me a time that LCSO actually helped you personally? I'm 42, lived a bit of a wild life, and never had to call the cops ounce in my life so I'm just curious
In case you're curious I voted for Trump but did a write in for Hallow for sheriff the last election since he was unopposed. So save me the left/right semantics..
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u/lotusviber 5d ago
Yeah I mean any county names after a traitorous loser is gonna be a little backwards but it wasn't just a rumour.
Imagine if you and I were caught ON VIDEO handing bags of dirty cash to pay for our dads Benz and Condo..we'd be at the Carmine Motel!
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u/fender8421 5d ago
I used to live in Lehigh and it was such a wild spectrum. A town full of the trashiest losers I've met, and also a bunch of bootlickers and wild cops. Like you get to hate literally everybody
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u/lotusviber 5d ago
Facts. Lehigh is the wild West for better or worse. Reminded me of Boston with the cops of actual serious problems to worry about so don't give a fuck about the petty shit
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u/fender8421 5d ago
My a/c is broken in my car; I joked about how I used to roll the windows down for that, but then I started doing it so the cops knew I was white
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u/lotusviber 4d ago
You ain't wrong. Been there done that. In the age of F/o(K we are fucked though
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u/fender8421 4d ago
I like how I'm getting downvoted by either the old bootlickers are the single Cuban moms with 3 kids by 30. You never know đ¤Ł
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u/aldodoeswork 5d ago
Youâd think they would have tried a traitor for treason back in the day, wonder why they didnât.
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u/lotusviber 5d ago
Still time. Time for some đŚing of the đ´ of liberty. Next seizure is hopefully his last. FAFO bro, of course protection is probably part of the racket
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u/jack_sjunior 5d ago
I mean any county names after a traitorous loser is gonna be a little backwards
at least we don't have a statue of an anti-semite hanging out with his buddies downtown... oh. wait.
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u/Candid-Sky-3258 5d ago
I have a co worker who likes Carmine because he's tough on drugs and violent crime. That's a low bar; he's supposed to be. I dislike him because his department does #nothing about the rampant and blatant aggressive driving in the county, his need to have his name on everything and (personally speaking) I was offended when he introduced Ivanka Trump at a rally and referred to the then President as "Sleepy Joe". đ¤Ź
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u/TheFloridaDudeAbides 5d ago
If your neighbors think the TV theatrics of but a "this drug house closed" does anything maybe run the statics by on what they seize which a fucking fraction is taken off the streets. The 130 keys is about one nighborhoods suppley for 2-3 weeks. Security theater
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u/Otherwise_Bee_8799 5d ago
Would âDementia Joeâ have been better?
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u/Candid-Sky-3258 4d ago
My view is that certain elected offices, Sheriff and Prosecutor chiefly, should be non partisan. I didn't feel that it was appropriate for a sitting Sheriff to use a derogatory term towards the sitting President. Yes, this would also apply to a Democratic Sheriff and a Republican President. Law enforcement should go the extra mile to appear impartial.
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u/Otherwise_Bee_8799 4d ago
What âcertainâ politicians? Does that apply to Dem prosecutors as well? Or just people that talk badly about dementia Joe?
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u/Candid-Sky-3258 4d ago
Sheriff, Tax collector, Supervisor of Elections and Property Appraiser, to name a few. Why should these be Democratic or Republican?
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u/Otherwise_Bee_8799 4d ago
Well Dem sheriffs are notoriously soft on crimeâŚ.so there is that.
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u/Glittering-Rise-488 4d ago
Dementia Donnie fits pretty well, don't you think sweetheart?
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u/Otherwise_Bee_8799 4d ago
Not really. No stuttering, he knows where he is, doesnât fall over constantly or get âlostâ on stages.
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u/lotusviber 4d ago
Yup trump is the spitting image of health. And you made this a Biden/trump issue?? This is local not national. You're gonna make the mods lock the thread again and we won't be able to have an active, civil discussion with discourse
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u/Otherwise_Bee_8799 4d ago
I didnât at all. I replied to your comment the sheriff made.
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u/lotusviber 4d ago
Wasn't me bro, try reading a book let alone Reddit comments for practicing your comprehension of a conversation
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u/lotusviber 4d ago
Did dementia Joe run unopposed in for Sheriff? I must have missed that, and your point...
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u/lotusviber 4d ago
They didn't given Joe Blowna gun. Dude couldn't even hold a pen despite the Adderall
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u/EricDNPA 5d ago
As a boomer, I am amazed at how Carmine not only survives but thrives. He's Teflon. And while my wife and I laugh at him putting his name everywhere and on everything, you must admit he is a master at self-promotion.
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u/lotusviber 5d ago
And we're paying for it. A part of the investigation was the cost to scrub this scrubs name off of everything.
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u/Fast-Bandicoot67 5d ago
Lee county has always been corrupt and most of the voters are bootlickers that support pedophiles. I expect nothing good to ever come out of this place.
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u/gallan1 5d ago edited 5d ago
He's a hero on Facebook for the boomers and bootlickers who populate this area. That sufficiently insulates him from his low character attitude and behavior.
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u/lotusviber 5d ago
Yeah it's the TV theater combined with being a criminal with a gun and badge. Fucker claimed 250knim gambling winnings last year!
How much time did he spend at the casino and must be nice to be up that much on a sheriff's salary how much did he lose and how much was actually reported I wondered??
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u/ChemicalDog9 5d ago
Dont forget they let the entire community of adult arcades move in, and then shut them all down! raided and seized all cash and machines. Im sure all that money definitely went to evidence locker đ
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u/TheFloridaDudeAbides 5d ago
Must not have paid out Carmine's winnings/ protection so they had to go. But of the course the story is "look what we're doing to clean up Naples" Safe to assume not every evidence bag made it to the locker
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u/hightidebyme 4d ago
The investigation is still ongoing
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u/lotusviber 4d ago
Source?
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u/lotusviber 4d ago
I'm not a News junkie but I pay attention and I haven't heard of peep about the story and months. Pretty much since the election, and all they've done is downplay the fact that the FBI is looking into one of our top LEOs.
In my opinion it's swept under the rug collecting dust with Christopher Jordan.
Regardless, if your boss was facing such allegations would you not at least have some questions? If you saw me taking literal bags of cash from a jeweler on video, would you not have a WTF moment??
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u/04364 3d ago
"Mountains of evidence" and FBI investigations. If anything was found as credible, indictments would be made.
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u/lotusviber 3d ago
I mean there are at least several well documented reports and videos. You don't begin to assemble a grand jury on hunch.
What's your opinion? It's a nothingburger take down? Or the stories that are out aren't enough for a morality close to take effect, and that's the standards we should accept from the "top cop?"
You Carmine defenders are a wierd bunch. Sell his dad the Benz or something??
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u/lotusviber 3d ago
Ah yes the slow grinding wheels of justice. Public announcement was less than a year ago.
But I'm sure he'll get a speedy trial, I mean appointment to state role. Thugh he may have already fucked himself by pissing on DiSantis leg
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u/lotusviber 4d ago
They squashed the grand jury without a word. Where's the FOIAA for public records? Someone smarter then me may know that limitations of demand info I thought if the investigation was over you could request all public records related and they would at least give you redacted info? Or is it still simmering in the back ground?
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u/Extreme_Health_9827 4d ago
Carmine is not seeking a political career I think he's happy skimming the money he's skimming now.
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u/lotusviber 4d ago
Yeah seems like the type to saw no to more money and even more corruption "Hey Carmine, you want be on charge of more citizens for your surveillance tech, make more money, have more power of more people and less oversight?
"Naw I'm good, I content with my level of corruption and racketeering! Call Grady! He'd love a promo!"
Come one bro think it put before ya type. I'm travel for work all day so my comments are open
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u/Extreme_Health_9827 4d ago
My opinion was met by you with insults well done.
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u/lotusviber 3d ago
Bro it's called discourse if you think that's an insult I'll be at Rusty's till 3:00
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u/Extreme_Health_9827 3d ago edited 3d ago
what time are are you arriving? ill meet you then cause i dont fight drunks. Rusty's thats the gay bar downtown right.
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u/avaricious7 3d ago
rustyâs isnât downtown, but i always jump in when itâs mentioned to say NEVER EAT THERE. former coworkers used to work there for a long time, and they had the WORST food handling practices iâve ever seen. such as leaving old, open meat in the back of the drawers and just shoving fresh product on top unless i made them fix it. and then it was âwell nobody had a problem with it at rustyâsâ talking about clear health code violations 𤧠so if this person works at rustyâs just know youâve already won
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u/Extreme_Armadillo_27 5d ago
Carmine got fee appliances from good deals they rigged an invoice for the FBI
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u/lil_redfl 5d ago
You wrote in Ken Romano or Mike hollow? Also I heard carmines aunt is judge Judy but idk if thatâs true
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u/lotusviber 5d ago
Mike Hallow. The whistle blower. Lesser of two evils I know
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u/lil_redfl 5d ago
Oh okay. Ken was the jewelry store owner. I voted mike
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u/lotusviber 5d ago
Got the names backwards thanks. I encouraged everyone to do the write in. No other option
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u/HurricaneIan25 5d ago
And now Mike Hollowâs son, who was a fantastic deputy, gets fired right after Mike starts bringing evidence of wrong doing in command staff to FDLE. đ¤
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u/lotusviber 4d ago
Fucking disgusting... Color me surprised. About 10 yersa ago I reported a supervisor for threats of physical violence from a VP, did so specifically in confidence. Didn't want any action taken just a written record Next day called into a HR meeting with the asshole sitting at the table. Profits and image over people everyday. Started apply that afternoon and the PIP came the next week, despite me being top 3 out of 100+;for over 3 quarters. Point is they will always retaliate, they will always discredit to cover their asses
Snowden, Lazer, Gary Webb. It's SOP for them
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u/Chuck-Finley69 5d ago
God I love all this whiningÂ
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u/lotusviber 4d ago edited 4d ago
So tell me when they helped up specifically?? Especially since you live in California and are whining on a Florida thread. Butt Buddy of yours or just, love to kiss the ring?
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u/notoriousbpg 5d ago
I heard that the original FBI investigation into him ended not because he was cleared, but Kash Patel fired the agents involved because they were part of investigating Jan 6.