This is a short excerpt from an article in the Sun-Herald

Kurt Hoffman fails polygraph

about stealing from two (2) former employers
Polygraph Squabbles
By Greg Martin, Staff Writer, gmartin@sun-herald.com, 08/10/03

Results of lie-detector tests shed differing opinions of Kurt Hoffman

According to a report obtained by the examiner, Kurt Hoffman answered deceptively on a
1989 polygraph exam concerning stealing from two different employers, shoplifting and
drinking habits.
Hoffman was given his first polygraph exam by W.E. Mac McGinnis. During the first
polygraph, Hoffman said that:
* He has never stolen anything.
* He has never participated in any undetected crimes.
* He only consumes beer at home and only once a week.
The polygraph examiner concluded in his written report, The applicant [Kurt Hoffman] was
deceptive.
Hoffman then took a second test a week later, administered by polygraph examiner Edward
DuBois. However, before the second test began, Hoffman confessed to DuBois that, I do
have admissions to make, DuBois wrote in his report. According to DuBois, Hoffman
admitted that:
* While working as a Reserve deputy, Hoffman took gas (twice) from the Charlotte County
Sheriffs Office for use in his personally owned car without paying for it.
* Hoffman admitted taking herbicide without paying for it from another employer (the
Charlotte County mosquito control department).
* Stealing a boat as a teenager.
* Shoplifting pornography.
After the confessions, he took the second polygraph test and passed it. A former sheriffs
detective, Ken Dudding, said the first failed polygraph raises questions about Hoffmans
propensity to be dishonest. Dudding explained that Hoffmans confessions in the second
polygraph support that Hoffman was deception in the first polygraph. Hoffman lied and he
got caught. A leopard doesnt change its spots. Hoffman is a liar, Dudding said.
Earn Varn explained that a polygraph measures changes to heart rate and other responses,
which indicates whether a subject is experiencing an emotional response to questions.