Judge: School officer who hid during shooting facing charges
3 years, 4 months ago

Judge: School officer who hid during shooting facing charges

Associated Press  

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The former school resource officer accused of hiding during a South Florida school shooting that left 17 people dead will have to convince a jury that he wasn’t criminally negligent, a judge ruled Thursday. Broward Circuit Judge Martin Fein declined to dismiss the child negligence charges against former Broward County Deputy Scot Peterson, the Sun Sentinel reported. The law that Peterson is accused of breaking specifically applies to caregivers, but defense attorneys argued during a hearing Wednesday that a law enforcement officer doesn’t fit the legal definition of a caregiver. Fein ruled that a jury can decide whether a school resource officer should be considered a caregiver and noted that a jury instruction will be included to that effect.

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Uvalde school officer charged over actions during Robb Elementary shooting set to appear in court
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Uvalde school officer charged over actions during Robb Elementary shooting set to appear in court

The Independent  

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Judge: Lawsuit against Parkland school deputy over 2018 massacre can go to trial
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Judge: Lawsuit against Parkland school deputy over 2018 massacre can go to trial

Associated Press  

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A lawsuit filed by families of the 17 people killed and other victims of the Parkland, Florida, school massacre against a former sheriff’s deputy who failed to intervene can go forward, a judge ruled, rejecting his motion to dismiss the case before trial. Circuit Judge Carol-Lisa Phillips, in a ruling posted Wednesday, said a jury should …

Florida deputy’s legal team says he didn’t have an obligation to stop Parkland school shooter
1 year ago

Florida deputy’s legal team says he didn’t have an obligation to stop Parkland school shooter

Associated Press  

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A former Florida sheriff’s deputy is claiming he had no legal duty to confront the gunman who murdered 17 people and wounded 17 others at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School nearly six years ago, his attorney argued Monday. The legal team representing Broward County Deputy Scot Peterson asked a judge to dismiss the lawsuit brought …

Florida Supreme Court reprimands judge for conduct during Parkland school shooting trial
1 year, 5 months ago

Florida Supreme Court reprimands judge for conduct during Parkland school shooting trial

Associated Press  

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Florida Supreme Court has publicly reprimanded the judge who oversaw the penalty trial of Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz for showing bias toward the prosecution. That panel had found that Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer violated several rules governing judicial conduct during last year’s trial in her actions toward Cruz’s public defenders. The 15-member commission found …

Parkland parents and survivors condemn acquittal of ‘coward’ school policeman over mass shooting response
1 year, 5 months ago

Parkland parents and survivors condemn acquittal of ‘coward’ school policeman over mass shooting response

The Independent  

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Deputy's acquittal in Parkland school massacre case shows holes in the law, attorneys say
1 year, 5 months ago

Deputy's acquittal in Parkland school massacre case shows holes in the law, attorneys say

The Independent  

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Deputy’s acquittal in Parkland school massacre case shows holes in the law, attorneys say
1 year, 5 months ago

Deputy’s acquittal in Parkland school massacre case shows holes in the law, attorneys say

Associated Press  

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — When Florida prosecutors charged former Deputy Scot Peterson for his alleged inaction during the 2018 Parkland school massacre, they faced a major hurdle: no law precisely fit. Eight days later, then-Sheriff Scott Israel, who was under political pressure for the shooting, said his video review of Peterson’s actions made him “sick.” Peterson retired and was then …

Parkland school police officer who failed to intervene in mass shooting cleared of child neglect charges
1 year, 5 months ago

Parkland school police officer who failed to intervene in mass shooting cleared of child neglect charges

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Deputy acquitted of all charges for failing to act during deadly Parkland school shooting
1 year, 5 months ago

Deputy acquitted of all charges for failing to act during deadly Parkland school shooting

Associated Press  

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Florida sheriff’s deputy was acquitted Thursday of felony child neglect and other charges for failing to act during the 2018 Parkland school massacre, concluding the first trial in U.S. history of a law enforcement officer for conduct during an on-campus shooting. We’ve got our life back,” Peterson said as he exited the courtroom, his arm …

Former Parkland Deputy Who Stayed Outside During School Shooting Found Not Guilty
1 year, 5 months ago

Former Parkland Deputy Who Stayed Outside During School Shooting Found Not Guilty

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The former Florida school resource officer who stayed outside Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School as a deadly mass shooting unfolded inside in 2018 was found not guilty Thursday A jury deliberated over the course of four days before finding former Broward County Deputy Scot Peterson, 60, not guilty of all 11 charges he faced. Former Marjory Stoneman …

Prosecutor: Deputy fled during Parkland school massacre, putting own life ahead of students’
1 year, 5 months ago

Prosecutor: Deputy fled during Parkland school massacre, putting own life ahead of students’

Associated Press  

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Florida sheriff’s deputy fled to safety during the 2018 Parkland school massacre, putting his own life ahead of the children he was charged with protecting and giving the gunman time to fatally shoot several victims, prosecutors told jurors Monday during the closing arguments of his trial on child neglect charges. Broward County Deputy Scot Peterson …

Homicide detective weeps in trial of deputy who failed to confront Parkland high school shooter
1 year, 6 months ago

Homicide detective weeps in trial of deputy who failed to confront Parkland high school shooter

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Florida deputy didn’t follow extensive training during Parkland school massacre, supervisor says
1 year, 6 months ago

Florida deputy didn’t follow extensive training during Parkland school massacre, supervisor says

Associated Press  

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A former Florida sheriff’s deputy didn’t follow his extensive training on how to stop an active shooter when he didn’t confront the killer who murdered 17 people at a Parkland high school, a former training commander testified Thursday. Former Broward County Deputy Scot Peterson had undergone training both in a video simulator and with live actors …

Commission: Florida judge should be reprimanded for conduct during Parkland school shooting trial
1 year, 6 months ago

Commission: Florida judge should be reprimanded for conduct during Parkland school shooting trial

Associated Press  

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Florida judge who oversaw the penalty trial of Parkland school shooter Nikolas Cruz should be publicly reprimanded for showing bias toward the prosecution, failing to curtail “vitriolic statements” directed at Cruz’s attorneys by the victims’ families and sometimes allowing “her emotions to overcome her judgement,” a state commission concluded Monday. The Judicial Qualifications Commission found …

Judge: Florida school had no duty to predict student danger
3 years, 10 months ago

Judge: Florida school had no duty to predict student danger

Associated Press  

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Florida judge has ruled that a local school district had no responsibility to warn students and faculty at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School of the danger posed by a former student who would later be accused of a mass shooting that killed 17 people. Broward Circuit Judge Patti Englander Henning said Monday that the Broward …

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