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FDLE arrests former child protective investigator

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Agents with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement arrested former Department of Children and Families child protective investigator Jessica Cirino-Lan, 28, for three counts of falsifying records. The DCF Office of Inspector General referred the case to FDLE and assisted in the investigation.

The investigation determined that during April and May of 2016, Cirino-Lan intentionally and unlawfully falsified case reports she submitted in reference to three separate DCF child abuse/neglect investigations assigned to her in her capacity as a child protective investigator. Cirion-Lan did not conduct several home visits she indicated she completed in her reports, and forged the name of a caregiver on a written safety plan she submitted to a supervisor for one of the cases.

On May 10, 2016, Cirino-Lan abruptly resigned from DCF after being questioned about the discrepancies by her supervisor. After her resignation, Cirino-Lan’s cases were reassigned and all children were deemed safe.

Cirino-Lan was arrested today and booked into the Hendry County Jail. The case will be prosecuted by the Office of the State Attorney, 20th Judicial Circuit.

FDLE arrests former child protective investigator

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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement arrested former Department of Children and Families child protective investigator Jason Robert Kent, 44, for falsifying records. The DCF Office of Inspector General referred the case to FDLE and assisted in the investigation.
Kent’s case notes indicated that he conducted face to face interviews on seven child endangerment cases dating from December 2014 to April 2015. However, the investigation revealed that the subjects of the cases had not seen Mr. Kent before and had never spoken with him.
On November 27, 2017, an arrest warrant was obtained for Kent charging him with five felony counts of falsifying records. He was arrested and booked into the Jackson County Jail. The Jackson County State Attorney’s Office, 14th Judicial Circuit will prosecute the case.

FDLE arrests child protective investigator for falsification of records

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Agents with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement arrested William Edward Bond, 37, of 2414 Jason Drive, Lynn Haven for falsification of records. Bond is a Child Protective Investigator with the 14th Circuit Court.
On July 29, 2015, Bond documented in the Florida Safe Families Network (FSFN) that he conducted a face-to-face welfare visit with a foster child at the child’s residence on July 24, 2015. According to the child’s foster parents, Bond did not conduct a face-to-face visit that day and records show that the foster child was not picked up from daycare until after the recorded in home visit. A review of Bond’s mileage log for July 24, 2015 revealed he did not document a visit to the foster child’s residence as he claimed in the FSFN.
Bond was booked into the Bay County Jail on Wednesday, May 10, 2017. The Office of the State Attorney, 14th Circuit, will prosecute.

FDLE arrests former child protective investigator

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The Florida Department of Law Enforcement arrested former Department of Children and Families child protective investigator Matthew James Wilcox, 38, for falsifying records. The DCF Office of Inspector General referred the case to FDLE and assisted in the investigation.
Wilcox’s case notes indicated that he started a child endangerment investigation that was assigned to him on January 16, 2015 at the West Palm Hospital (WPH). However, the investigation revealed that he never went to the hospital.
On January 17, 2015, Wilcox’s supervisor visited the WPH and determined that Wilcox only spoke to hospital staff by telephone, and did not physically visit the hospital. However, Wilcox wrote in case notes that he visited the hospital and interviewed the child.
Wilcox turned himself into the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office earlier today and was booked into the Western Detention Center. The Palm Beach County State Attorney’s Office will prosecute the case.