Judge sentences former Sarasota County deputy Frank Bybee to 15 years in prison
SARASOTA — A former Sarasota County sheriff’s deputy was sentenced to 15 years in prison for kidnapping and exploiting an elderly woman he helped Baker Act in 2016.
Frank Bybee, 46, was found guilty by a jury Oct. 6 of kidnapping, exploitation of the elderly, three counts of computer fraud and eight counts of fraudulent use of personal information. He could have faced life in prison on just the kidnapping charge, but Charlotte County Judge Donald H. Mason considered Bybee’s honorable military service and clean criminal history prior to his conviction.
Mason, a former law enforcement officer, strayed from his personal rule of not making comments to the defendant before sentencing by telling Bybee that the majority of law enforcement officers take their job to heart.
“Remembrance is the highest compliment you can give a law enforcement officer,” Mason said. “They say he or she is a good cop — no one can say that about you. You’ll forever be known as a bad cop.”
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