SWORN COMPLAINT TO FDLE

SWORN COMPLAINT

To:  Florida Department of Law Enforcement

      Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission

      P.O. Box 1489

      Tallahassee

      Florida 32302-1489

Subjects of Complaint:  St.Petersburg, Florida Mayor Rick Kriseman

                                  Chief of St.Petersburg Police Department

                                  St.Petersburg Police Department

                                  FACTS

(1) Harold Hempstead authored a book entitled "Used And Abused By The St Petersburg Police Department - My Life As A Juvenile Confidential Informant."    This book can be located at Crusader books or Lulu Publishing. 

(2)  In Hempstead's book he explains how St Petersburg Police Department has a history of using children under the age of 17 as confidential informants. His book also explains in details how the St.Petersburg Police Department recruited a 13 year old to do confidential informant work.  The police department assigned that juvenile confidential informant number 882.

(3)  For decades, juveniles across our nation have been being killed as a result of their work as confidential informants.

In 1998 - 17 year old Chad McDonald was killed in California as a result of his confidential informant work.  His 16 year old girlfriend was also kidnapped, held hostage and tortured for several days.  During that time period she was also raped and shot in the face.

Cecil Calloway was 16 years old when he was beaten and murdered in 1982 as a result of his confidential informant work in Roanoke, Virginia.

Gregory "Sky" Erickson was from Estherville, Iowa.  About a week after his first act as an informant he was found beaten and shot in the head in an abandoned farm house.  His body was also set on fire by his killers.  I believe he was 15 years old when he was killed as a result of his confidential informant work.

Brenda Paz was 16 years old when she was killed in Virginia as a result of her confidential informant work involving the Latin gang Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13).

Every child that the St Petersburg Police Department uses as a confidential informant, they place in a position to possibly be killed.

(4)  The following documents which can be located on the internet show that Professors and a large quantity of people across our nation agree that law enforcement place the lives of children in danger when they use them as confidential informants.  Additionally, the following documents show that law enforcement commit child abuse when they use children as confidential informants:

(A)  Document Title: "Collateral Damage?  Juvenile Snitches In America-s War On Drugs - Crime and Gangs-"

Author:  Professor of Law Andrea L Dennis

College:  University of Georgia Law School

Date:  July 1st - 2009

(B)  Document Title:  "Tragedies Of Juvenile Informants - Protect Children From Police." 

Author:  Jie Liu

College:  Ohio State University

Date:  May 3rd - 2013

(C)  Document Title:  "Juvenile Police Informants:  Friendship - Persuasion and Pretense"

Author:  Professor Mary Dodge

College:  University of Colorado at Denver

(Sage Publications Research Gate)

Date:  March 2001

(D)  Document Title:  "Does The End Justify The Means - Use Of Juveniles As Government Informants, Helpful To Society While Harmful To The Child."

Author:  Charlotta J. Ransom

Company:  HeinOnline  (20 J. Juv. L. (1999)).

(E)  Document Title:  "The Use Of Minors In Law Enforcement Undercover Operations"

Authors:  Judge Lee Sinclair and Attorney David L. Herbert.

Company:  HeinOnline (24 Ohio N.U.L. Rev. (1998))

(5)  The citizens of St.Petersburg, Florida have a right to expect the St. Petersburg Police Department to not abuse children and place the lives of children in danger.  

(6)  The Mayor of St.Petersburg and the Chief of the SPPD are allowing St.Petersburg Police Officers and detectives to abuse children and place their lives in danger by using them as confidential informants.

RELIEF SOUGHT

(1)  I'm requesting that an investigation be conducted into the pattern and practice of the Mayor of St.Petersburg and the Chief of the St.Petersburg Police Department allowing St.Petersburg Police Officers and Detectives to abuse children and place their lives in danger by using them as confidential informants.

(2)  I'm also requesting that an investigation be conducted into the pattern and practice of SPPD Officers and Detectives abusing children and placing their lives in danger by using them as confidential informants.

(3)  Finally, I'm requesting that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement take appropriate action to prevent SPPD Detectives and Officers from continuing to use children as confidential informants and discipline the officials involved with children being used as confidential informants.

Unnotarized Oath:

Under penalty of perjury, I swear that everything stated herein is true and correct.  

Executed on this 1 day of February, 2019

Affiant:  Harold Hempstead (signature appears here on document)

Harold Hempstead, #577366

Northeast Correctional Complex

P.O. Box 5000

Mountain City

Tennessee 37683-5000

CC:

John Trevena

Kathry Varn

Adam Playford

Craig Patrick

Casey Frank

Julie Brown

Rick Kriseman

Florida Department of Children and Families

Jeremy Schanche

IMPORTANT FACTS ABOUT FEDERAL INCOME TAX FRAUD IN THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Fact:  Florida prisoners file more fraudulent tax returns than any other prison system in our nation. 

Fact:  In 2009 Florida prisoners filed more fraudulent tax returns than all the prisoners in California,Texas and New York combined.

Fact:  Former Senator Bill Nelson played a big part in getting an agreement between the FBI, IRS and the Florida prison system that was focused on stopping federal tax fraud in the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC).

Fact:  Daniel Goodheart, a former psychologist at Okeechobee Correctional Institution made more than $900,000 from filing fraudulent tax returns.

Fact:  The Florida Senate Finance Committee is involved with trying to stop tax fraud in the FDC.

Fact:  FDC Inspector General's Office issues several reports a year documenting their findings on tax and credit card fraud in the Florida prison system.

Fact:  Tax fraud ringleaders in FDC file false tax returns in the names of witnesses that appear in the law-work of Florida inmates.  In other words, if you're a witness to any crime committed by an inmate in the Florida prison system then you could have had or might have a fraudulent tax return filed in your name. 

Federal income tax fraud has been going on in FDC for more than 30 years and federal and state officials can't stop it.  If you'd like to read more about this subject then you will want to read my book entitled "DEPARTMENT OF CORRUPTION - Darren Rainey - The Untold Story." You can locate this book at Crusader Books or Lulu Publishing.  Please share this blog with your friends. Harold Hempstead

USED AND ABUSED BY THE ST PETERSBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT – CAGED CRUSADER’S NEW BOOK OUT NOW

PRESS RELEASE

USED AND ABUSED BY THE ST PETERSBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT 

My Life As A Juvenile Confidential Informant

by Harold Hempstead

A Historically Factual Book Exposing Corruption In The St Petersburg Police Department With Documentation And Evidence To Prove The Corruption

 

Would you like to hear about how the St Petersburg Police Department (SPPD) abuses children and places their lives in danger by using them as confidential informants?

Would you like to know why professors and others across our nation agree that law enforcement commit child abuse and place the lives of children in danger when they use children as confidential informants?

Would you like to know about how SPPD was setting people up with false drug charges?

Would you like to know how an SPPD detective authorized an escort service (with juvenile girls) to be used as a fictitious front?

Would you like to know about how an SPPD detective was sexually abusing children at the St Petersburg – Florida Police Athletic League and how the police covered up abuse and retaliated against the juvenile who tried to expose sexual abuse?

If you answer “yes” to any of these questions – then this book is for you –

USED AND ABUSED BY THE ST PETERSBURG POLICE DEPARTMENT –

My Life As A Juvenile Confidential Informant

By Harold Hempstead

Available for purchase at Crusader Books on February 10th – 2019

Harold Hempstead (IM# 577366)

Northeast Correctional Complex

P O  Box 5000

Mountain City

Tennessee – 37683

Harold Hempstead

The Tampa Bay Times have published an article on Harold-s book and some of the issues it mentions which you can read here

Corruption In The St Petersburg Florida Police Department Vice And Narcotics Unit

I authored a book entitled "Used And Abused By The St Petersburg Police Department - My Life As A Juvenile Confidential Informant."   My book can be located at Crusader books or Lulu Publishing -  In my book - I explain how St Petersburg Police Department Vice and Narcotics Detectives were involved with setting people up on false drug charges in the nineties.  I explain in detail how a man named Michael Ashmead was set-up.  Do you know anybody who was set-up on false drug charges by the St Petersburg Police Department?  How many people do you think would presently be housed in the Pinellas County, Florida Jail on false drug charges from St Petersburg?  How many people do you think are presently incarcerated in the Florida Department of Corrections on false drug charges from St Petersburg?  If you have ever been set-up or know somebody who has been set-up by the St Petersburg Police Department, will you please share your story with Tampa Bay Times reporter Kathryn Varn.  Please share this blog with your friends

Harold Hempstead aka "The Caged Crusader" 

Sexual Abuse At The St Petersburg Florida Police Athletic League

I authored a book entitled "Used And Abused By The St Petersburg Police Department - My Life As A Juvenile Confidential Informant."  My book can be located at Crusader books or Lulu Publishing.   In my book, I explained how St Petersburg Police Officer Mike Brown was sexually abusing children at the Police Athletic League.  If you have ever been sexually abused by anybody at the St Petersburg, Florida, Police Athletic League or by any St Petersburg Police Officials, will you please share your story with Tampa Bay Times reporter Kathryn Varn.  

Please share this blog with your friends

Harold Hempstead

WHAT IS MORE IMPORTANT: PROTECTING FEDERAL INVESTIGATION INTO TAX & CREDIT-CARD FRAUD IN FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS OR JUSTICE FOR THE MURDER OF DARREN RAINEY?

A new blog from Harold Hempstead "The Witness" challenging the US authorities to follow up the evidence on the murder of Darren Rainey that he is providing -  Whilst the Inspector General of the Florida Department of Corrections is seemingly focused on investigating credit-card and tax fraud there remains much work to be done reviewing the fresh evidence into the murder of Darren Rainey - a prisoner who was tortured to death in a cubicle of super-heated steam - Basically he was steamed to death and this crime will continue to get publicity until some kind of resolution is reached -

The sham-justice overseen by State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle in 2017 is a cynical and deliberate failure of the principles of justice and the rule of law in Florida - 

If you open the image in a new tab it will be easier to read -

For a truly encyclopaedic body of irrefutable evidence on the Rainey case please see Harold Hempstead Caged Crusader Wordpress - the blog I manage for Harold - 

Department Of Corruption - Darren Rainey - The Untold Story by Harold Hempstead - Out Now

Crusader Books is happy to present its first publication:  DEPARTMENT OF CORRUPTION - Darren Rainey - The Untold Story by Harold Hempstead 

The author gained his epithet of The Caged Crusader through his dangerous and lengthy struggle to seek justice for Darren Rainey - a Muslim man who-s murder at the hands of Florida prison guards he witnessed -   In the ultra-violent climate of the Florida Department of Corrections Harold literally risked his life to reveal what he knew about this horrific torture-murder -  Driven by his conscience - Harold felt compelled to pursue the course of justice and spent almost two years writing to various official departments before finally getting his story published in the Miami Herald newspaper - 
This initiated a belated police investigation and also a major overhaul of the FDC -  Sadly the killing of Darren Rainey was covered up by Florida-s corrupt officials such as State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle and Dr Emma Lew -  No-one has been charged over the torture and killing of Rainey - nor the torture of various other convicts in a specially rigged torture-shower at Dade C I - Florida - 
Harold was illegally used as a police spy from the age of 13 and in his early twenties was incarcerated for 165 years under questionable circumstances -  In prison he underwent a profound religious conversion and this has guided his courageous activism under the most harrowing circumstances -  The story he has to tell is testimony to all the ills of America-s tragic policy of mass-incarceration - and of how an absolute belief in the power of good can animate a man to struggle so hard against such cruel and unjust captors and the injustices they perpetuate -
This is truly a story of the triumph of the human heart and its refusal to keep silent in the face of evil -

You can buy the book here and also see a list of upcoming publications from Harold Hempstead-s publishing house CRUSADER BOOKS
Harold Hempstead also has a blog with a large collection of articles he has written on the Rainey murder and various other human rights and constitutional violations in FDC -

Darren Rainey

Harold Hempstead

4th January 2019 - Jeremy Schanche - The Invertebrate Press - Kernow - UK