VOLUSIA EXPOSED

"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." - John Adams

According to a recently (August 2018) filed Motion To Dismiss - the legal team for criminal defendant John Derossett argued that their client qualifies to have his criminal prosecution ended - under Florida's Stand Your Ground Immunity Statute (SYG).

In late August 2015 - agents of the Brevard County Sheriff's Office (BCSO) attempted to arrest Derossett's adult niece, Mary Ellis in a prostitution sting. The arrest (take down) took place directly inside the front door of Derossett's Brevard County home. Reports and testimony indicate that this encounter transpired in poor lighting conditions.

As detailed on page 5 of the defendant's motion, the BCSO agents were in civilian clothes - absent two of the agents wearing Sheriff's Office vests. When Ellis started screaming for help from her uncle - Derossett came from a different room within the house and presented a gun causing the agents to flee the home. As the agents fled, Derossett fired a warning shot in the air.

The BCSO agents returned fire - leading to the wounding of both Derossett and one of the BCSO agents.

Judge Lemonidis' SYG Ruling
Click Below To Read Entire Ruling

After a week long SYG hearing - on September 13, 2018 - that John Derossett's action of firing a warning shot AFTER the deputies had fled his home - invalidated any SYG defense. Derossett must now still trial for three counts of attempted murder of a law enforcement officer.

Flip Flopping On Warning Shots,
While Waging War On Criminals

Prior to Lemonidis being elected to the bench (2014) - she was Michael Dunn's defense attorney. On at a Jacksonville, Florida gas station for allegedly playing his car radio too loud. Dunn would allege that Davis and / or his teenage friends threatened him with a shot gun - this shot gun was never recovered by the police.

According to a - Lemonidis attempted to justify her client's eight gun shots, as being fired merely to scare off Davis and his teenaged companions.

The obvious question is - if Dunn can fire eight shots to scare off the teens - with Lemonidis still holding that her client qualifies for the SYG defense - then how as a judge, can Lemonidis ruled that Mr. Derossett waived his ability to claim an SYG defense - merely due to the fact that he fired ONE warning shot in the air?

In the attached video - Sheriff Wayne Ivey invited Brevard County citizens to "wage war" on terrorists & criminals.

Even the U.S. military (Navy) will shoot a warning shot across the bow of a ship, prior to targeting that ship. Doing so allows the enemy to know that you have the means and willingness to defend yourself.

In our OPINION Derossett had a reasonable and rational belief that home invaders were in his home - he displayed a gun - causing the invaders to flee - Derossett then sent a clear message by firing the warning shot - I am willing to wage war - and I have the means to defend myself, my home, my family - keep running !!

Brevard Sheriff Wayne Ivey Speaks On
Gun Ownership & Self Protection
How To "Wage War" On Criminals

Any SYG Ruling In Derossett's Favor Would Equate To Political Suicide

So why has Lemonidis flip flopped on warning shots? Simple - judges by definition are politicians - and most smart politicians desire the support of their law enforcement communities. A ruling in favor of Derossett's SYG defense would send the clear message that the Brevard County Sheriff's Office screwed the pooch in their arrest of Mary Ellis.

Sheriff Wayne Ivey, and Judge Lemonidis both face re-election in 2020 - therefore it is politically convenient for both Sheriff Ivey and Judge Lemonidis that Derossett's SYG defense be denied. In short, in Brevard County, Florida - politics will always trample over the administration of justice and the rights of citizens.

Sheriff Ivey probable never imagined that his very own deputies could be mistaken as criminals - and that a citizen would "wage war" on his deputies to defend his home, property and family. Then again - why are we, the public, even surprised - history has proven that many BCSO deputies are in fact criminals - look at former 2013 Deputy of the Year, . Just this year, - and least we not forget that a . Lastly, and ironically, while still processing the arrest paper work on Mary Ellis for prostitution - .

Rumor has it that Mary's client list may reveal some other interesting clients' names. Making us wonder why they (BCSO) really invaded the Derossett home in the first place - was it simply to arrest Mary, or was it to recover her list of clients?

Remember this - Mary Ellis' & John Derossett's arrests transpired during the same time frame of the Ashley Madison dating site scandal. Many influential men were having their careers and lives wrecked over being identified as Ashley Madison users. of the Ashley Madison scandal.

Is Mary's little black book also a threat to some local influential men's careers? Mary, Mary quite contrary - what does your black book know?

....and there you have it....stand by to stand by ... there is surely more to come of this...