>> FROM THE LOCAL STATION NEWSFOURJAX. ♪
NEWSFOURJAX. ♪ >> THE NEWS 4 JAX DIGGING
DEEPER INTO WHY THIS PROMINENT
POLITICAL DONOR WHO TOOK HIS
OWN LIFE LAST WEEK AT KEY CARD
ACCESS TO JACKSONVILLE POLICE
HEADQUARTERS FOR 5 YEARS. A
RETIRED OFFICER TELLS US IT’S
UNHEARD OF. THE SHERIFF’S
OFFICE CONFIRMS KEN STORM AND
WAS UNDER A POLICE
INVESTIGATION IN THE WEEKS
LEADING UP TO HIS SUICIDE LAST
THURSDAY NIGHT. AND FOR
SOURCES TELL NEWS 4 JAX, IT
WAS A MISCONDUCT
INVESTIGATION.
>> STERMON WAS LINKED TO
ELECTION CAMPAIGNS FOR
GOVERNOR DESANTIS. FORMER
SHERIFF MIKE WILLIAMS AND
CURRENT SHERIFF TK WATERS NEWS
4 JAX. I TEAM INVESTIGATOR
JENNY’S HARRIS TAKES A CLOSER
LOOK AT THE UNUSUAL ACCESS
TERM AND HAD AT THE SHERIFF’S
OFFICE. DENISE, TOM AND MARY.
I TALKED TO ONE RETIRED JSO
OFFICER WHO TOLD ME STAR MUNNS
ACCESS WAS UNHEARD OF AND
BELIEVES THE ONLY WAY SERMON
COULD COME AND GO FROM POLICE
HEADQUARTERS IS IF THE SHERIFF
GAVE HIM ACCESS.
>> WITH THE SWIPE OF A KEY
CARD FOR NEARLY 5 YEARS. KIDS
STERMON WAS GIVEN UNLIMITED
ACCESS TO THE JACKSONVILLE
SHERIFFS OFFICE HEADQUARTERS
AND MORE A LEVEL OF ACCESS.
RETIRED JSO OFFICER JAMES
BROWN, A 30 YEAR VETERAN SAYS
IS UNHEARD OF.
>> IS THIS LEVEL OF ACCESS
NORMAL FOR SOMEONE THAT IS NOT
A CURRENT OR RETIRED JSO
OFFICER?
>> FROM MY EXPERIENCE AND WHEN
I WAS EMPLOYED THERE, ACCESS
IS CONTROLLED AND LIMITED TO
SHERIFF’S OFFICE STAFF
RETIREES ARE GIVEN ACCESS.
>> EVEN THAT ACCESS IS
LIMITED. BROWN ADDS THAT EVEN
IF A PERSON WORKS AT JSO, THEY
WOULD NOT BE GIVEN AS MUCH
ACCESS THIS TOURNAMENT,
ACCORDING TO DATA FROM JSO.
THIS IS A LIST OF THE HUNDREDS
OF TIMES STARMAN SWIPED HIS
JSO ACCESS CARD JSO
HEADQUARTERS, 140 TIMES ZONE,
ONE ONCE ZONE TO 8 ZONE 3.30,
ZONE, 4, 8, ZONE, 5, 0, TIMES.
CANINE JSO 4 TIMES JSO
AVIATION ONCE AND THE
MONTGOMERY CORRECTIONAL
INSTITUTE. ONCE ON 4/8/2018,
IT WOULD SUSPICION OF WHY
WOULD THAT PERSON GIVEN THAT
TYPE OF ACCESS? THIS IMAGE
SHOWS A PREVIOUS REQUEST TO
JSO FORSTER MONTHS, JSO ID AND
KEY SWIPES SINCE JULY 2015,
THE RESPONSE ON 8/18/2022
UNDERSHERIFF PAT IVEY SAYS
AFTER A DILIGENT SEARCH, OUR
OFFICES LOCATED NO RECORDS,
WHICH ARE RESPONSIVE TO YOUR
REQUEST. LOCAL ATTORNEY JOHN
PHILLIPS WAS HIRED TO
REPRESENT A FORMER JSO OFFICER
IN A SEPARATE CASE, PHILLIPS
QUESTIONS TURBANS ACCESS WHILE
INVESTIGATING HIS CLIENT’S
CASE WITHIN THAT INVESTIGATION
COULD STIR MEN’S NAME
REPEATEDLY CAME UP
>> AS SOMEBODY WHO ULTIMATELY
WAS EITHER MAKING DECISIONS
ABOUT WHO WAS TO GET PROMOTED
OR WAS INFLUENTIAL IN THOSE
DECISIONS, WHICH WAS HIGHLY
UNUSUAL AND OFFENSIVE.
>> AS HE’S A PRIVATE CITIZEN,
PHILLIPS SAYS SEVERAL
JACKSONVILLE OFFICERS HAVE
COME FORWARD TO HIM. PHILLIPS
AS HE REQUESTED THE BATCH LOT
AND OTHER INFORMATION AND
STILL HAS NOT HEARD BACK FROM
JSO JSO GAVE THE BATCH DATA TO
NEWS 4 JAX ON FRIDAY. THE
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION INTO
STERMON WILL CONTINUE EVEN
THOUGH HE’S DEAD. 4 SOURCES
HAVE CONFIRMED THE ALLEGATIONS
INVOLVE MISCONDUCT.
>> AND WE HAVE SENT A LIST OF
QUESTIONS TO JSO ABOUT STURM
AND ACCESS AT JSO OVER THE 5
YEAR PERIOD. WE SENT THAT THIS
WEEKEND. WE ALSO ASKED FOR A
STATUS UPDATE OF THOSE
QUESTIONS TO GET MORE
CLARIFICATION. AND WE’RE
WAITING TO HEAR BACK.
>> JENNY’S IN ADDITION TO
QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS ACCESS TO
POLICE HEADQUARTERS, WHEN WILL
THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE CRIMINAL
INVESTIGATION BE OVER?
>> A DATE HAS NOT BEEN GIVEN
ACCORDING TO JSO. IT IS AN
ONGOING INVESTIGATION.
HOWEVER, JSO SHERIFF TK
WATERS. HE DID SAY LAST WEEK
ONCE THIS INVESTIGATION IS