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Calhoun County Taser Complaint Save Email Print
Posted: 8:32 PM May 7, 2008
Last Updated: 9:05 PM May 7, 2008
Reporter: Bobeth Yates
Email Address: bobeth.yates@wjhg.com


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People in Calhoun County are circling the sheriff's office like sharks circle a bleeding fish.

Once the story broke two weeks ago, about a jail corrections officer allegedly propositioning the wife of an inmate in-exchange for preferential treatment, anyone who's ever had a problem with the sheriff's office is coming forward.

Monday, we told you about a woman who claims she had an on-going affair with a deputy while he was on-duty.

There is a new complaint against Deputy Bliss Moreau.

Teresa Stone remembers the day she met Calhoun County Deputy Moreau.

Moreau responded to a domestic dispute call at Stone's house in January 2005.

Stone and her husband had been arguing and one of them called the sheriff's office.

Stone claims the argument had been over for more than an hour when Bliss knocked on their door. "This here is what I had on the night Officer Bliss came and arrested me, no shoes nothing, just this and my panties," she said, describing her attire during the incident.

Stone says she told Bliss he wasn't needed, but claims Bliss told her someone was going to jail.

"I said if I'm going to jail, I'm going to put me on some clothes, then I turned to open the back door to walk in and he tasered me in the back," Stone continued.

Calhoun County Sheriff David Tatum admits Moreau tased Stone, but says he had good reason. "The woman said to him, ‘I have something in the house to make you leave’; she then turned around to enter the house and he deployed his taser as a measure to stop her from optioning any type of weapon."

Stone says at the time of the incident, the deputy was not licensed to use the taser, but based on a piece of paper given to us by the Calhoun County Sheriff’s Office, Moreau was certified in 2004, and officials say the deputy had just cause to use his taser.

Tatum says the deputy was authorized to use force if he felt threatened and the taser was the less-than-lethal way to gain control of the situation. "It hurts real bad for a few seconds, and then it's over, no stitches no bruises, as opposed to blunt objects that we used to use in the older days."

However, Stone claims she had to seek medical attention after she was released from jail.

She also claims Moreau took her to jail, in only the night clothing she was wearing when she was arrested.

The next morning, she says a female deputy gave her some inmate pants and a sheriff's office jacket to wear.

Stone says she contacted the FDLE agent currently investigating some of the problems at the Calhoun County Sheriff's Office, but he wasn't interested in her case.

There is no word as to when the FDLE will complete its investigation, but it could take weeks.

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Posted by: Greg Location: Blountstown on May 8, 2008 at 09:31 PM
Why do people come forward with a complaint way after their confrontation with law enforcement? It seems to me that there is some sort of gold digging going on here in our county. To anyone who wishes, if you want a lawless county then elect someone who doesn't care. If you want to see our children grow in a safe environment then we need to keep David Tatum as our Sherriff. Oh by the way, it seems awful coincidental that this is an election year when all this info is flooding the news.

Posted by: Sarah Location: Tallahassee on May 8, 2008 at 04:04 PM
Seems to me like Bobeth Williams is not reporting responsibly. I see the inerviews with these trashy people. Who answers the door wearing just that and panties? Who meets someone at a CHURCH to have an extramarital affair? What kind of woman makes, for lack of a better word, a "booty call" to a married man? I see no interviews with the Sheriff on camera or his employees. If he won't give one, I can't say as I blame him. These are the most ridiculous sounding accusations I ever heard. If I failed to follow the lawful order of a Sheriffs Deputy after I called THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT for help, I'd expect some sort of consequence too.

Posted by: Dana Location: Blountstown on May 8, 2008 at 10:50 AM
Now this is something I can beleive. What woman in her right mind would tell a deputy who is armed that she has a weapon that will make him leave? Calhoun County Sherrifs Dept. officers have always been this way. They will do as they please , because after all , they ARE above the law in their eyes, right? Nothing has been done all these years about anything they have done to anyone or how anyone was treated by them. And now all of the sudden , it's all coming back to bite them. I think it is quite comical that they are all getting what they have dished out for years now. Believe me, if you even so much as have the wrong last name on your tag in Blountstown and a cop gets behind you, you WILL be pulled over, for doing nothing, just because that officer or the whole sherrifs dept. has a problem with you or your family. They have brought alot of this on themselves. Like the saying goes, what goes around, comes around.

Posted by: Linda Location: Bay County on May 8, 2008 at 08:14 AM
If you ask me, seems like everyone is coming out of the woodwork. More than likely, that woman put that officer in a position where he had no other choice. One wrong decision doesnt make the whole sheriff's office corrupt.

Posted by: Anonymous on May 8, 2008 at 07:13 AM
some of these MATT DILLON cops thinks there above the law anyway fire the cop without benifits & award the lady his pay

Posted by: concerned grandma Location: calhoun county on May 7, 2008 at 11:22 PM
This does not suprise me! This is the same cop that told my nine year old grandson that he would pull a gun on him! I have reported this to David Tatum & Roman Wood but it was overlooked & apparently they are not concerned with the conduct of their officers. I think that is great that the citizens of Calhoun County are finally standing up for what's right. We have deputies that are supposed to be here to serve & protect us but who do we turn to when our own deputies are a joke to the community. For the first time in all my 70 years, I am ashamed to say in live in Blountstown, FL.

Posted by: INNOCENT VICTIM Location: BLOUNTSTOWN, FL on May 7, 2008 at 10:01 PM
BLISS IS NOT THE ONLY DEPUTY GUILTY OF EXCESSIVE FORCE WITH A TASER GUN, JUST ASK DEPUTY EDDIE DALTON! I WAS INVOLVED IN A DOMESTIC DISPUTE WITH MY EX-WIFE (WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED WITH SEVERAL C.C. COPS) LAST YEAR & WAS TAKEN TO JAIL. DEPUTY DALTON & OFFICER PORTER WERE CALLED TO THE RESIDENCE & BEFORE THEY COULD HEAR MY SIDE OF THE STORY THEY WRESTLED ME TO THE GROUND & TASERED ME 6 TIMES IN THE SIDE WHILE HOLDING ME DOWN. I ADMIT I HAD BEEN DRINKING THAT NIGHT BUT WAS NOT RESISTING ARREST WITH VIOLENCE AS CHARGED! I WAS TOLD BY DALTON TO REFUSE MEDICAL TREATMENT OR HE WOULD PRESS CHARGES ON ME FOR BATTERY ON HIM (WHICH HE DID) HOW ARE WE AS CITIZENS SUPPOSED TO GET ANY JUSTICE WHEN OUR OWN COPS ARE DIRTY? THEY WANT TO BRING UP A PERSONS PAST TO DRAG THEM IN THE GROUND & SO THAT THERE ACTIONS ARE OVER-LOOKED. CITIZENS OF CALHOUN COUNTY... SPEAK UP!! WE NEED TO PUT A STOP TO ALL THE LYING BACK STABBING GUYS WE HAVE AS OUR SHERIFF'S DEPT. WE ARE ALL VICTIMS IF WE DON'T MAKE A CHANGE SOON!

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