January 9, 2015
Photo Review of the 2014
In Memoriam
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January 9, 2015
December’s Years of Service Recognitions
5 Years of Service
Quite a few people celebrated milestones in their CCSO
careers during the ceremonies held on Monday December 8.
Left, Sheriff Bill Prummell presented Detention Corporal
Michael Kern with his certificate for 5 years of service.
Right, Corrections Officer Richard Mancilla received his
recognition for 5 years of service.
10 Years of Service
Sheriff Prummell presented certificates for 10 years of service to DFC David Kettelson, IT Specialist Jeffrey Lund and Logistics Specialist June Scopino for their 10
years of service with the Sheriff’s Office. DFC Kettelson also received his 10 year badge.
15 Years of Service
Five members were recognized for their 15 years
of service with the Sheriff’s Office. Pictured in the
top row (left to right) are Detention Sergeant
Wendy Crawford, Crime Scene Supervisor Ronald
Mueller and Detention Corporal Esther Myrick.
Pictured left is DFC John Sadler and on the right is
DFC Robert White.
25 Years of Service
20 Years of Service
Celebrating 20 years of
service with the Sheriff’s
Office was Lt. Todd Davis of
the Major Case Investigation
Section.
Road patrol Sergeant Thomas
Scott was recognized for his
25 years of dedicated
service with the Charlotte
County Sheriff’s Office.
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January 9, 2015
Promotions
Shop with a Cop Donations
Chief Pilot
Sheriff Prummell presented the new Chief Pilot
Robert Steht with his official letter of promotion.
Steht was selected from several other highly
qualified candidates to fill this position. Steht
began working at the Sheriff’s Office in mid-2013
as a pilot.
Laurie Jersey, Avon representative, donated
stuffed bears for the children who participated in
the Shop with a Cop events in December. Captain
Norman Wilson presented her with a
Commemorative Community Challenge Coin.
Assistant Supervisor
Jannie Whitworth was officially recognized for her
promotion to the position of Jail Administrative
Assistant Supervisor by Sheriff Prummell.
Whitworth served temporarily as an acting
assistant supervisor earlier in 2014, performing
very well in the position and making her an
excellent candidate for this promotion.
Deputy’s Children Donate to
Florida Sheriffs Youth Ranch
Nick Wrasse, owner of Uncle Nick’s Pizza located
at 3880 Tamiami Trl. in Port Charlotte, donated
gift certificates for free pizzas to the children who
participated in the Shop with a Cop events. That
totals to $2,400 worth of gift certificates, plus he
donated $100 for a child to shop. Lt. Ed Ellinwood
presented him with Commemorative Community
Challenge Coin and the 2014 CCSO Annual
Community Partnership Coin.
For the second year, DFC Brad Combs children
have raised money to donate to the Florida
Sheriffs Youth Ranch. With the help of their
neighbors, they held a garage sale to sell toys,
clothing and lemonade, raising $200 to donate.
Pictured here are (clockwise starting in upper left)
Isabelle Cox, Kaitlin Combs, Lt. Jill McBee (District
2 Commander), Zachary Combs, Lauren Combs
and Gabrielle Cox. They all received a certificate
of appreciation for their work.
Visit from Able Trust
Tommy Moose Donation
A group of students from the Able Trust Florida
High School High Tech (HSHT) Program stopped in
at the Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday December
10. While they were here, they shadowed and
interviewed several agency members.
Orbe-Prieto Wedding
Pictured left to right are Sheriff Prummell, John
Reed, Austin Richardson, Christian Parker, CCSO
HR Supervisior Heather Lupinetti and Major Mark
Caro.
Members of the Port Charlotte Moose Lodge
Chapter 1619 presented Tommy Moose stuffed
animals to Captain Norman Wilson and Lt. Richard
McDonald. Deputies carry stuffed animals such as
Tommy Moose to give out to young children they
encounter who are in stressful situations.
This program provides participants with the
opportunity to explore future potential careers. It
is designed to help determine their interests and
aptitudes and provide leadership opportunities.
HSHT has been shown to reduce dropout rates and
increase overall self-esteem of participating
students.
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January 9, 2015
Detention Squad A Celebrates New Year with Special Meal
Often those who are required to come in to work on the holidays
are faced with a bleak time, missing out on those special family
meals.
Detention Squad A decided to ring in the new year with a special meal, despite having to be at work. Lt. Jeffrey
Sisk said they wanted to show their appreciation to the staff for “their stellar job this year and many more to
come!” So, thanks to the cooking skills of CDFC Robert Lore, with help from others on the squad, a one-pot meal
was prepared and delivered to all the Detention personnel on duty on January 1. Happy New Year!
SWAT Team Competes in Round-Up
The Charlotte County
SWAT Team recently
competed in a SWAT
Round-Up and came in
23rd out of more than 50
national and international
teams. Charlotte’s team
finished higher than any
other part-time team in
southwest Florida.
A ‘part-time’ team is one
composed of members
whose full time job duties are something other than
being a member of the SWAT
Team.
Members competing in the
round-up were (back row) DFC
Nicholas Westlake, DFC Blake
Beyer,
DFC Dustin Paille,
(front row) CPL Colin Eggleton,
PGPD Officer Brandon
Angelini, CPL Jason Zakowich,
DFC John Mills, DFC John
Murray and PGPD Officer
Shane Chodokwski.
CCSO Participates in Plane-Pull for Special Olympics
There are all sorts of things
that people do in order to
raise money for different
causes and some of them
can sound pretty extreme.
But have you given any
thought to pulling a jet
airplane? And not just one
of those little private jets,
but an actual commercial
jet?
That is exactly what different groups from around
the state did during the latter part of 2014 when
they gathered in Orlando as part of the First
Annual Plan Pull for the Special Olympics.
Jet Blue offered to
provide the plane with the
idea that teams would
need to raise a $1000
‘entry fee’ that would go
to the Special Olympics.
So members of the
Charlotte County SWAT
Team and the Detention
CERT Team took up the
challenge and began their
fund raising. Thanks to the
generosity of a great
many people, they met
their goal with $5 to
spare.
Charlotte
County’s
participants included:
DFC Michael Talbot, DFC
John Mills, CDFC Louis
Ciolino, DFC Blake Beyer, CO Brock Garlick, DFC
Nicholas Westlake, DFC Paul Cignarale, DFC
Dustin Paille, DFC Jerome Libby, CDFC William
Garlick, Sergeant Ryan Barber, Deputy James Mills
and Deputy Cody Forbus.
As DFC Beyer pointed out,
there were no prizes
awarded. The only thing
that was ‘won’ was a
sense of knowing you
helped Special Olympics
to help thousands of
people.
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CCSO January Birthdays
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Petrill, Jacqueline L
Leuthner, Nicholas J
Nelson, Richard W
3 Johnson, Thomas C
Nieberg, Mary J
4 Milroy, Donald
Poole, Timothy J
6 Badali, Kenneth J
Turney, Melissa D
7 Caro, Mark
Wrasse, Nicholas J
8 Dudgeon, Bill
9 Frey, Fredrick M
11 Boisvert, Janet G
Moreno-Lacalle,
Dennis
12 Brady, Christopher P
Goerl, Bryan H
Lundberg, Timothy
Walsh, James
13 Brennan, Christopher
Bubnick, Christine
Gravel, Christopher
Hawkins, Jacob T
Matzicoff, Anjuli J
14 Lynch, Diane
15 Albertelli, Tamberlin
Bugnacki, Charles
Combs, Robert
16 Lister, Robert G
17 Batson, William F
Christensen, Christina
Crews, Nicole M
Poirier, Inona
18 Hauschild, Matthew
19 Danner, Chase E
20 Chandler, Matthew J
Gonzales, Ruben S
Guenther, Scott
Karl, Nicholas
21 Haber, Scott W
Vitale, Rudolph
22 Zimmerman, Trista L
23 Korenich, Amber M
Marrone-Cabrera,
Anthony J
Scully, William P
24 Fox, Chad M
Garland, Scott R
25 Lozada, Cesar L
Wymer, Christian G
26 Correll, Joyce E
Diaz, Oscar R
Hill, Edward L
Kenville, James E
Lissow, Shaun T
27 Carpenter, Taylor C
28 Moccia, Anthony J
29 Jones, Joshua T
30 Baltimore, Kevin L
Elliott, Sean M
Sebastian, Ingrid E
31 Carrasco, Pedro J
Harvey, Elexis S
Next edition: January 30