Druckemiller plea deal discussed

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Saturday, August 4, 2012

Druckemiller plea deal discussed

Former county IT director pleads not guilty as attorneys talk to prosecutors

BY TIMOTHY O'HARA Citizen Staff
tohara@keysnews.com

Monroe County's former technical services director has pleaded not guilty to felony theft and dealing in stolen property charges, but one of her attorneys suggests there is a plea deal in the works. Attorneys representing Lisa Druckemiller filed a written plea of not guilty on Thursday, said defense attorney Robert Cintron. The same day, her attorneys met with prosecutor Mark Wilson to negotiat...

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I think we'd all like to see her serve serious time. The only

Submitted on Sat, 08/04/2012 - 3:56pm by *.* CLEARLY the original

way to stop this thievery by government employees is to make the penalty exceedingly harsh.

And in this woman's case, I'd certainly hope she'd not see a penny of her 'retirement' either. She's screwed the taxpayers enough already. Makes one wonder how much of her time on the job she spent NOT doing her job, and instead, lining her pockets with her illegal activities?

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Looks like this is just the

Submitted on Sun, 08/05/2012 - 8:40am by david2009

Looks like this is just the usual status quo for the County culture.

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Give up the names

Submitted on Sat, 08/04/2012 - 12:00pm by Bonefish

Give up the names of any others that were in on this caper, if not then the State needs to lock her up, revoke her retirement and move on. Anyone that bought one of these had to be from another planet not to know that they just didn't fall off the truck but were hot, Hello. Also was there involvement from the vendor? Computer equipment requires set-up and this link needs to be checked out.

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Zero Accountability

Submitted on Sat, 08/04/2012 - 5:49am by Matt Gardi

Monroe County has ZERO accountability of any inventory. The iPad discussion is a distraction for this. If they can't or won't make the effort to account for bar-coded tagged assets valued at over $1,000, why would they be able to account for anything. You don't need a grand jury to figure this out. As Sylvia Murphy said at the July 18 BOCC meeting - "Well is it no wonder we have such long lists of missing stuff?" Video here - http://youtu.be/A6aQXSxruZQ