#Sheriff Mike Chitwood

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Gov. DeSantis won't condemn Florida Nazis, so Volusia sheriff steps in with message: "F*ck you!" Gov. Ron DeSantis refuses to condemn Nazis who have been aggressively harassing and threatening Jews on the streets of Florida. So Sheriff Mike Chitwood in Volusia County has stepped in, tearing into the white domestic terrorists known as the Goyim Defense League (GDL) while calling for unity against hate. — Read the rest https://boingboing.net/2023/02/28/gov-desantis-wont-condemn-florida-nazis-so-volusia-sheriff-steps-in-with-message-fck-you.html

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(via Florida Sheriff Tells Nazis To Get F*cked - Wonkette)

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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida sheriff fed up with a spate of false school shooting threats is taking a new tactic to try get through to students and their parents: he's posting the mugshot of any offender on social media.

Law enforcement officials in Florida and across the country have seen a wave of school shooting hoaxes recently, including in the wake of the deadly attack at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, that killed two students and two teachers.

Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood on Florida's Atlantic Coast said he's tired of the hoaxes targeting students, disrupting schools and sapping law enforcement resources. In social media posts Monday, Chitwood warned parents that if their kids are arrested for making these threats, he'll make sure the public knows.

“Since parents, you don’t want to raise your kids, I’m going to start raising them," Chitwood said. "Every time we make an arrest, your kid’s photo is going to be put out there. And if I can do it, I’m going to perp walk your kid so that everybody can see what your kid’s up to.”

Chitwood made the announcement in a video highlighting the arrest of an 11-year-boy who was taken into custody for allegedly threatening to carry out a school shooting at Creekside or Silver Sands Middle School in Volusia County. Chitwood posted the boy's full name and mugshot to his Facebook page.

In the video, which had more than 270,000 views on Facebook as of Monday afternoon, the camera pans across a conference table covered in airsoft guns, pistols, fake ammunition, knives and swords that law enforcement officers claim the boy was “showing off" to other students.

Later, the video cuts to officers letting the boy out of a squad car and leading him handcuffed into a secure facility, dressed in a blue flannel button-down shirt, black sweatpants and slip-on sandals. The boy's face is fully visible at multiples points in the video.

“Right this way, young man,” an officer tells the boy, his hands shackled behind his back.

The boy is led into an empty cell, with metal cuffs around his wrists and ankles, before an officer closes the door and locks him inside.

“Do you have any questions?” the officer asks as he bolts the door.

“No sir,” the boy replies.

The video prompted a stream of reactions on social media, with many residents praising Chitwood, calling on him to publicly identify the parents as well — or press charges against them.

Others questioned the sheriff’s decision, saying the 11-year-old is just a child, and that the weight of the responsibility should fall on his parents.

Under Florida law, juvenile court records are generally exempt from public release — but not if the child is charged with a felony, as in this case.

Law enforcement officials across Florida have been tracking a stream of threats in the weeks since the 2024-2025 school year began. In Broward County, home to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, officials said last week they had already arrested nine students, ages 11 to 15, for making threats since August.

"For my parents, to the kids who are getting ready for school, I'm going to say this again," Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony said at a press conference, “nothing about this is a laughing or joking matter.”

“Parents, students, it's not a game,” he added.

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Parents who came to Deltona Middle School to plead the case of their son who assaulted a fellow student, ended up insulting and beating up the resource police deputy, as captured by her bodycam. The incident happened on Tuesday, November 19, during a meeting between 46-year-old Jorge Rivera, his wife Dagmarie Aponte Iturrino, and the Florida school's deputy who had booked their son for shoving his classmate. The deputy alleged that their son was the primary aggressor and booked him to court. While the father sought to settle the case within, she explained that they could only try to convince the judge in court. Tensions arose as the dad tried to explain to the cop that they were "failing the kid". The deputy walked them out after he became agitated even while he asked her why she was so worthless. She cautioned him not to put his hands to her face but the father only challenged her further. The deputy was faulted by the online community who felt she failed to de-escalate the situation by following the angry parents as they left. However, it could be argued that she wanted to ensure they left the building and did not cause any harm. A scuffle ensured in the hallway which had the mother in the way. The deputy tried to use her taser but a right-hand punch from the father had her on the floor. He then wrestled the taser from her. The deputy drew her gun on the father and the footage ended with him being handcuffed. Video below: https://twitter.com/NoCapFights/status/1859674164187353514?t=CBQRYGbLruTZxGXQYgtz_w&s=19 The parents will be charged with battery on a law enforcement officer, resisting with violence, disruption of school function, and trespassing on school campus, while the father in addition will also be charged with armed robbery and grand theft for taking the deputy’s Taser. Mike Chitwood from the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office blamed the parents for the bad manners exhibited by children without any fear of punishment and gave kudos to the police officer for doing her job. Read the full article

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Luis Diego Hernandez-Moncayo, 27, was placed under arrest by Volusia Sheriff's Office deputies on Oct. 19, 2024. (Volusia Sheriff’s Office)

Luis Diego Hernandez-Moncayo, 27, of Mexico, had applied for asylum the day before the alleged attack, Volusia Sheriff Mike Chitwood said in a video shared on social media. (Volusia Sheriff’s Office)

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Florida sheriff fed up with school shooting hoaxes posts boy's mugshot to social media

Law enforcement officials in Florida and across the country have seen a wave of school shooting hoaxes recently, including in the wake of the deadly attack at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, that killed two students and two teachers.

Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood on Florida's Atlantic Coast said he's tired of the hoaxes targeting students, disrupting schools and sapping law enforcement resources. In social media posts Monday, Chitwood warned parents that if their kids are arrested for making these threats, he'll make sure the public knows.

Chitwood made the announcement in a video highlighting the arrest of an 11-year-boy who was taken into custody for allegedly threatening to carry out a school shooting at Creekside or Silver Sands Middle School in Volusia County. Chitwood posted the boy's full name and mugshot to his Facebook page.

In the video, which had more than 270,000 views on Facebook as of Monday afternoon, the camera pans across a conference table covered in airsoft guns, pistols, fake ammunition, knives and swords that law enforcement officers claim the boy was “showing off" to other students.

Later, the video cuts to officers letting the boy out of a squad car and leading him handcuffed into a secure facility, dressed in a blue flannel button-down shirt, black sweatpants and slip-on sandals. The boy's face is fully visible at multiples points in the video.

“Right this way, young man,” an officer tells the boy, his hands shackled behind his back.

The boy is led into an empty cell, with metal cuffs around his wrists and ankles, before an officer closes the door and locks him inside.

“Do you have any questions?” the officer asks as he bolts the door.

“No sir,” the boy replies.

The video prompted a stream of reactions on social media, with many residents praising Chitwood, calling on him to publicly identify the parents as well — or press charges against them.

Others questioned the sheriff’s decision, saying the 11-year-old is just a child, and that the weight of the responsibility should fall on his parents.

Under Florida law, juvenile court records are generally exempt from public release — but not if the child is charged with a felony, as in this case.

Law enforcement officials across Florida have been tracking a stream of threats in the weeks since the 2024-2025 school year began. In Broward County, home to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, officials said last week they had already arrested nine students, ages 11 to 15, for making threats since August.

"For my parents, to the kids who are getting ready for school, I'm going to say this again," Broward Sheriff Gregory Tony said at a press conference, “nothing about this is a laughing or joking matter.”

“Parents, students, it's not a game,” he added.

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Kate Payne is a corps member for The Associated Press/Report for America Statehouse News Initiative. Report for America is a nonprofit national service program that places journalists in local newsrooms to report on undercovered issues.

I agree but I think he might lose his job for doing this. Though it is needed around the country, probably around the world.

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A pre-teen Florida boy was handcuffed and thrown in county lockup after he allegedly bragged about his massive cache of weapons and plans to execute a “kill list” at two different schools, a sheriff said.

The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office seized a stockpile of airsoft guns, knives and swords after Carlo “Kingston” Dorelli, 11, showed a video of his armory to classmates and threatened violence.

“He had written a list of names and targets.

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https://www.ocalapost.com/florida-man-charged-with-felony-littering/

Florida man charged with felony littering

Photo; Ocala Post

Florida -- Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said they have identified the person who wrecked and abandoned a sailboat on New Smyrna Beach. Chitwood said, "Our beaches are not your dumping ground and now we have a warrant." Michael John Grimes, 49, is being charged with a felony

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Jon Minadeo Jr., the leader of neo-Nazi group Goyim Defense League, was reportedly arrested on Friday evening. In Bibb County, Georgia, his group was allegedly live streaming when Minadeo was handcuffed and taken into a police car.

The charges are “pretty minor,” reports The Informant’s Nick Martin, with one listed as disorderly conduct and the other as “miscellaneous.” His bond is set at $910.

Minadeo, along with a handful of other GDL members, have recently adopted “sovereign citizen” tactics to escape legal dilemmas. The sovereign citizen movement is a far-right, anti-government extremist group who claim that the American government has no authority over them. Those involved with this movement say they can “divorce” themselves from the government.

In a video posted on June 15 to Telegram, Minadeo and his GDL associate Colby “Ace” Alexander Frank explained how they would be skirting charges from a May 21 incident where the pair were arrested in Martin County, Florida.

“I actually submitted a jurisdictional challenge because I come in common law,” Frank said. He went on to say that “this is the difference between the all caps name that you’ll find on your birth certificate, on your driver’s license, on your credit cards, versus your lower case, Christian name.”

The pseudo-legal technique argues that any reference to humans written in all capital letters—as names are regularly stylized in most legal documents—are not a legal reference to them. Frank and Minadeo claim that these are “artificial entities” created by the government for “nefarious reasons.”

Minadeo has yet to confirm whether or not he will attempt to use this tactic to evade his new arrest in Georgia.

This is not the first time Minadeo has been arrested. Along with the recent arrest in Florida, in September 2022, Minadeo was arrested in Poland for posing with an antisemitic banner at the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. He and one other suspect were caught after they illegally burst into the site but “escaped immediately” after taking photos of the messages on the banners.

“Greenblatt suck 6 million dicks,” read Minadeo’s message, referencing Jonathan Greenblatt, the CEO of the Anti-Defamation League.

Last year in October, the GDL made headlines when they displayed a banner over Los Angeles’ 405 interstate that read: “Kanye was right about the Jews” and “Honk if you know.” This came after Kanye West remarked that he was “going death con 3 on JEWISH PEOPLE.”

Minadeo has also been active in Florida. In February earlier this year, Minadeo was cited for littering as he distributed a handful of antisemitic flyers on cars throughout Palm Beach County.

After a string of more antisemitic incidents—like hanging more banners in Jacksonville—around Florida for the first half of the year, the police decided to step in. Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood stated that “we are not going to tolerate this” before laying out a plan to take down GDL, who spent their days in the state declaring that “Hitler was right.”

It appears that Florida has received its wish to remove Minadeo and his GDL group as they now take on Georgia. After the news broke, GDL’s Twitter account shared a photo of Minadeo, saying he was “unbothered” and “flourishing.”

GDL members have been accused of stalking, aggravated assault, murder, terror threats, threatening public officials, and defacing a memorial for the Pulse nightclub shooting victims in Florida. Still, leader Minadeo claims to preach nonviolence.

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Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood announced the arrest of an 11-year-old boy who he said had a kill list and was making threats at two different schools.

Chitwood took to Facebook on Monday to say:

"As promised, we just arrested a Creekside Middle School student who made threats to commit a school shooting at Creekside or Silver Sands Middle School. He had written a list of names and targets. He says it was all a joke."

He said deputies recovered airsoft rifles, pistols and fake ammunition along with knives, swords and other weapons he was showing off to other students in a Facetime call.

Some said they could not tell if the weapons were real or fake. The boy also allegedly created a hit list. Deputies found a paper with several names that also appeared to have stab marks.

"Makes you not want to send your kids to school," said Steven Alkire, Creekside Middle School parent. It really does. And, you know, unfortunately, you can't stay home, can't homeschool them. So, you know, we're sort of forced to send them to school."

The boy will be charged with a felony for making a written threat of a mass shooting, Chitwood said.

When questioned by deputies, he allegedly said it was all a "joke."

"It's pretty scary," Alkire said. "Definitely scary. And with everything that's going on in this country, you know, it really makes you nervous. "

"P.S. I can and will release the names and photos of juveniles who are committing these felonies, threatening our students, disrupting our schools and consuming law enforcement resources," Chitwood said in the post.

WESH decided to not disclose the boy's identity because he is a minor.

The sheriff also reminds parents and students these threats are disrupting schools and consuming law enforcement resources. It's costing the department thousands of dollars to investigate all threats, including those that are fake.

In an email a district spokesperson said:

While VCS does not comment on individual student discipline matters, safety is our top priority, and this situation exemplifies how the security measures in place at our schools, as well as our partnership with law enforcement, ensure the safety of our students and staff. Thank you to the students who spoke up and submitted a tip when they heard something suspicious. We take all reports extremely seriously and work with law enforcement to ensure they are thoroughly investigated. We continue to encourage our students that if they see or hear something, they should inform an adult immediately or submit a tip to Fortify Florida.

Related: Sanford police arrest 15-year-old who allegedly threatened to commit a school shooting

Florida plagued with threats of school violence

Schools across Florida have been plagued with threats of violence since school resumed last month. In the last week in Central Florida, a 15-year-old was arrested in Sanford for making threats, and a student was found with an unloaded weapon on campus in Altamonte Springs.

Two students were arrested in Orlando after a loaded gun was found in a backpack.

In a video on Facebook on Sept. 13, Chitwood said 54 tips had come about shooting threats. All of them were deemed bogus, he said, adding that the hoax cost more than $20,000 in resource response.

"Starting Monday, your little cherub, we're going to start publishing his name, and we're going to start perp walks with them when we take them into custody," Chitwood said. "And we're going to show pictures of you, the parents, because you don't want to raise your kid; Sheriff Chitwood is going to raise him."

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@chrisdornerfanclub @socialistexan @nerdymouse remember that sheriff who said he wasn't gonna tolerate nazis?

A man who allegedly posted death threats online aimed at a Florida sheriff was arrested on March 6, The Daytona Beach News-Journal reported.

Richard Golden, 38, was charged with second-degree felony written threats to kill or injure, Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said in a press conference this Tuesday.

Chitwood, who was the target of Golden's threats, said that Golden was unemployed and living in a back bedroom at his mother's house and harbored anti-police views.

Golden made the threats in a 4CHAN chatroom after Chitwood spoke out against the Goyim Defense League (GDL), a neo-Nazi group, for spreading fear and antisemitic hate literature about the Jewish community in Volusia County.

"Just shoot Chitwood in the head and he stops being a problem. They have to find a new guy to be the problem. But shooting Chitwood in the head solves an immediate problem permanently. Just shoot Chitwood in the head and murder him," Golden reportedly wrote.

The Volusia County Sheriff's Office along with other government agencies launched an investigation after they were notified of the threats.

"They discovered he is anti-government, he is anti-law enforcement and like every active shooter that we come across he is a marginalized member of society who spent hours and hours and hours in these extremist chat groups," Chitwood said.

"Here is this clown sitting in his bedroom who is indoctrinated by this bull (expletive) and thinks the best way to solve the problem is to put a bullet in my head," Chitwood said.

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Meet the Viral Sheriff Who Took on Florida Nazis

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Another 4Chan Troll Who Lives With His Mom Arrested for Threatening Anti-Nazi Sheriff

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Love it.