Florida state attorney won't charge arrested deputy in Flock case
Prosecutors have dropped the case against a former Pinellas County sheriff’s deputy accused of misusing Flock Safety automatic license plate readers to track a woman he wanted to date. State Attorney Bruce Bartlett’s office concluded it would not prosecute Karl Gwynne, 57 , because “the current Florida statutory provisions do not address the wrongful conduct reported," according to an Oct. 30 court filing. “This office will seek to have the Legislature correct this situation in the next session,” reads the filing, signed by Assistant State Attorney Kendall S. Davidson. The office did not elaborate, and neither Bartlett nor Davidson responded to TCPalm's requests for comment. Under Florida law , it is a third-degree felony to "willfully, knowingly and without authorization or exceeding authorization" access a computer, computer system, computer network or electronic device. Sheriff Bob Gualtieri and the State Attorney’s Office had “disagreements about interpreting the elements of the statute,” he said at a Nov. 5 news conference. The sheriff said he's working with prosecutors, and he left open the possibility that Gwynne will be charged. Gwynne's attorney, Kym B. Rivellini, said she was pleased with prosecutors' decision, but she thinks it may have something to do with the arrest
