Florida lawmaker: Look into Epstein work release from jail
Source: Associated Press
Curt Anderson, Ap Legal Affairs Writer
Updated 2:42 pm CDT, Tuesday, July 23, 2019
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida lawmaker known as a champion for child sexual abuse victims asked Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday to authorize a state investigation into the circumstances of wealthy convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's freedom to leave jail on work release a decade ago.
Democratic state Sen. Lauren Book said in a letter Tuesday that the Republican governor should order a Florida Department of Law Enforcement inquiry into how the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office handled the case. Sheriff Ric Bradshaw announced last week that his office would internally investigate Epstein's time at the county jail, but Book said that's not enough.
"When an atrocity occurs in our state and there is a breakdown involving law enforcement, I believe it is appropriate for FDLE to step in and investigate," Book wrote to DeSantis. "If Epstein was able to abuse young girls while under supervised work release, we need to understand very clearly when and how these egregious lapses and abuses occurred so they cannot be repeated."
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One deputy assigned to guard Epstein at his office for several days, Jeffrey Rice, told The Associated Press that he recalled young women visiting, but couldn't say whether there was any inappropriate contact because he was stationed in the lobby, with two doors between himself and Epstein's private office.
Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/crime/article/Financier-Jeffrey-Epstein-appeals-bail-denial-14116165.php
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Thank you Senator Book 
NO MERCY 
