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OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA, IN AND FOR MARION COUNTY

THE STATE OF FLORIDA CASE NO. 20l9-CF-001050-A-Z

vs INFORMATION
VICTIM IS A CHILD

RONNIE SCOTT COOPER

IN THE NAME AND BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA:

BRAD KING, State Attorney of the Fifth Judicial Circuit of the State of Florida, in and for Marion
County prosecuting for the State of Florida, by and through the undersigned Assistant State Attorney, in
the said County, under oath, information makes that: RONNIE SCO COOPER (RIG: WIM, DOB:
02/07/1962) in the County of Marion, and the State of Florida, on or about the 17th day of March in the
year of Our Lord, twenty-nineteen:

COUNT I
CARJACKING WHILE ARMED (F1L)
812.133(1) & 812. 133(2)(a)

did unlawfully take from the person or custody of LUCINDA POLLACK KNOWLES a motor
vehicle, to-wit: GMC truck, with the intent to temporarily 0 permanently deprive LUCINDA
POLLACK KNOWLES of the motor vehicle, by force, violence, assault or putting the said LUCINDA
POLLACK KNOWLES in fear, and in the course the eofthere was carried a firearm or deadly
weapon, to-wit: what appeared to be a black handgun, in violation of Florida Statutes 812.133(1) and
812. 133(2)(a);

contrary to the form of the statute in such cases made and provided and against the peace and dignity of
the State of Florida.

STATE OF FLORIDA, COUNTY OF MARION

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2019-CF-00I050-A-Z

Personally appeared before me, BRAD KING, State Attorney for the Fifth Judicial Circuit, State
of Florida, in and for Marion County, State of Florida, or his duly designated Assistant State Attorney,
who first being sworn, says that the allegations as set forth in the foregoing information are based upon
facts that have been sworn to as true, and which if true, would constitute the offense therein charged.
Prosecution instituted in good faith and subscribed under oath, certifying he has received testimony under
oath from the material witness or witnesses of the offense.

Bryon RAven, Assistant to BRAD KING State Attorney,

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE ~FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

IN AND FOR MARION COUNTY, FLORIDA

STATE OF FLOIUDA
Plaintiff, CASE NO.: 42-2019-CF-I050

v.

RONNY SCOTT COOPER,

Defendant.
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TRANSPORT ORDER

This cause came before the Court upon to transport Defendant Ronny Scott Cooper. It is,

thereupon,

ORDERED AND ADJUDGED:

That upon receipt of this order, the Sheriff of Marion County, Florida, or his designee, shall

obtain custody of the Defendant RONNY SCOTT COOPER. DOB 02/07/1962 from the Marion

County Jail, 3290 N.W. 10th Street, Ocala, FL 34475 to the Marion County Courthouse 110 NW 1st

Avenue, Ocala, Florida 34475 for the purgose of appearing for a psychological evaluation to be

performed by Dr. 'Ponia Werner at 1:00 pm, October 25,2023, the defendant will be placed in

holding cell between courtroom 3A and 3B courtroom.

DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers in Ocala, Marion County, Florida, this ~ day of
October 2023. ~

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Filing # 184402021 E-Filed 10/20/2023 09:25:51 AM

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT

IN AND FOR MARION COUNTY, FLORIDA

STATE OF FLORIDA,
Plaintiff, CASE NO. 2019-CF-4193
vs. CASE NO. 2020-CF-2417
CASE NO. 2021-CF-0286
NEIL JOSEPH GILLESPIE, CASE NO. 2022-CF-1143
Defendant.
__________________________________/

DEFENDANT’S NOTICE OF CONFLICT WITH THE STATE ATTORNEY’S OFFICE

Defendant NEIL JOSEPH GILLESPIE, a nonlawyer reluctantly appearing pro se, gives

Notice of Conflict with the State Attorney’s Office, and states:

1. The Defendant is the founder and owner of Justice Network, registered with the

Department of State on January 25, 2018. The Registration Number of this Fictitious Name is

G18000014506. Justice Network is engaged in advocacy, education, news gathering &

dissemination, and helping people fight injustice. A Department of State certification for Justice

Network is attached to this Notice.

2. On Thursday, August 6, 2020, the Defendant profiled a story from the American Civil

Liberties Union (ACLU) on his Justice Network blog, entitled “Is a Florida Chief Judge Taking

Cues From a Prosecutor?” The story, by Jacqueline Azis, Staff Attorney, ACLU of Florida

& Somil Trivedi, Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU Criminal Law Reform Project, is about Brad

King, the elected state attorney of Marion County, Florida, and was published by the ACLU on

September 10, 2018. State Attorney Brad King retired on December 31, 2020.

3. A copy of the Justice Network blog post profiling the ACLU story is attached and states:

Prosecutors are some of the most powerful elected officials in our country. They decide
what charges to file or dismiss, how severe the charges will be, whether to seek cash bail,
and what plea offers are made. Through their lobbying associations, they also shape
criminal statutes to their benefit, often blocking reforms that the community supports.
 DEFENDANT’S NOTICE OF CONFLICT WITH THE STATE ATTORNEY’S OFFICE

But while prosecutors wield immense control over the direction of our criminal justice
system, they certainly can’t handpick the judges who hear their criminal cases.

Or can they?

In Marion County, Florida, Brad King — the elected state attorney and the county’s top
prosecutor — believed he was losing too often in the criminal cases his office was
prosecuting. Instead of upping his game, he managed to shift it in his favor, with the help
of a judge whose job it is to guard the integrity of the judicial process.

On July 12, King sent a scathing letter to the administrative judge of Marion County,
Judge James McCune, complaining about two of McCune’s colleagues, before whom
King and his staff regularly appeared: Judge Robert Landt and Judge Thomas Thompson
III. That letter was obtained by the ACLU of Florida through a public records request,
and is being publicly released in full here for the first time.

King’s complaints were brazenly self-serving. Of Judge Landt, King asserted that his
"rulings on such things as motions to dismiss, motions to suppress evidence, and motions
to set bond, and his sentencings, are consistently more favorable to the defense than other
judges." King threatened to assign fewer prosecutors to Landt’s docket, because "we
expect little in the way of punishment for those defendants." As for Judge Thompson,
King complained that he "grants continuance after continuance to defendants," in
reference to a tool commonly used by judges to postpone proceedings and requested by
both sides to allow proper preparation for trial. In his letter, King also formally demanded
that the number of judges in the Marion County Criminal Court be reduced.

After sending his letter, King claimed that his issues with Landt relate to allegations of
harassment of King’s female attorneys. However, these allegations were investigated and
closed years ago. Moreover, King’s letter makes clear that adverse rulings, not those
claims, are the reason King sought Landt’s removal.

Within days of receiving the letter, Chief Judge Sue Robbins, who oversees Judge
McCune, gave King exactly what he wanted. Without consulting defense attorneys,
whose clients’ cases are directly impacted by these changes, Robbins reduced the
numbers of judges in the Marion County Criminal Court from four to two. Specifically,
she removed Landt and Thompson — the judges King had criticized in his letter.

The two remaining county judges on the criminal docket both used to work as
prosecutors for King. The judges who were removed — Landt and Thompson — were
both up for re-election, with primaries on August 28. Landt ran against a current assistant
state attorney working under King. That candidate proudly posted Landt’s reassignment
letter on his campaign website, boasting that his competitor has been removed from the
criminal bench.

It remains a mystery why a chief judge, who is charged with neutral oversight of a
judicial district the size of Connecticut, took such an action after receiving King’s letter.

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 DEFENDANT’S NOTICE OF CONFLICT WITH THE STATE ATTORNEY’S OFFICE

Ruling for the defense, or not doling out sufficient "punishment," is not legitimate
grounds for removal. This would be true even if the judges were consistently getting it
wrong on the facts or the law — but they weren’t. Florida’s appellate courts regularly
affirmed these judges over King’s objections.

Going forward, how can people who appear in Marion County Criminal Court feel they
are getting a fair hearing or trial — knowing their judges have effectively been selected
by the prosecution, or that they might fear removal if they rule on behalf of the defense?

What State Attorney Brad King did — seeking to influence who is on the criminal bench
by sending a scornful demand letter to judges — is highly irregular, to say the least. On
Robbins’ part, accepting the unreasonable demands of a state attorney is even more
inappropriate. Her decision, shortly following King’s request, gives the appearance, at
the very least, that she is easily pressured and, at worst, that she is biased toward the
prosecution over the accused.

A prosecutor’s grievance should never become policy. Prosecutors aren’t kings and they
don’t get to issue decrees. They — and the judges who oversee their cases — are public
servants, accountable to us all.

4. Brad King’s July 12, 2018 letter to Administrative Judge James McCune is attached.

5. On April 26, 2020, the Villages-News published a story, “Retiring state attorney will be

remembered for cases not pursued in The Villages.” that states in part:

Longtime State Attorney Brad King has announced his retirement and he will likely be
remembered in The Villages for the ones who got away.

King, a former Marion County sheriff’s deputy who was first elected in 1988 to serve as
chief prosecutor for Sumter, Lake, Marion, Hernando and Citrus counties, made the
announcement on Friday. He has indicated he will leave office by Dec. 31. King said he
wanted to spend more time with family.

The Republican had pre-filed to run for another term, but then he had a change of heart.

King quietly greased the path for his successor, his office’s executive director William
McDonald Gladson, to take over the reins. Gladson was the only candidate to qualify for
state attorney for the Fifth Judicial Circuit by Friday’s deadline. That means Gladson will
automatically be elected and will take office in January.

In The Villages, King will be remembered for two prominent cases he chose not to
vigorously pursue:

• Last year, a man who left a woman to die in The Villages after she fell in 2017 from his
golf cart at Brownwood, walked out of a courtroom virtually unpunished thanks to a

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decision by King’s office. Timothy Jacob Foxworth on May 20 pleaded no contest to two
misdemeanor charges in connection with the July 16, 2017 incident which claimed the
life of 51-year-old Shelly Osterhout. The sentence enraged her family, including her
father, who wrote a letter a letter to the court in which he decried the prosecutor’s
office’s fear of the Foxworth family’s “deep pockets.”

• In 2018, Villagers were stunned when King’s office announced two suspects would not
be prosecuted in the 2016 beating death of 26-year-old Austin Stevens at Spanish Springs
Town Square. A document from the prosecutor’s office indicated that it has been
determined that Stevens was the “initial aggressor” on the night of June 5, 2016. The
original police report said teens who had been in a minivan that had passed by Stevens’
workplace had been taunting the McCall’s Tavern employees. Stevens went to the corner
at TooJay’s to confront the teens. The original report said one of them ran up behind
Stevens and punched Stevens on the side of his head, causing Stevens to fall to the
ground and strike the back of his head on the concrete. While on the ground and
unresponsive, another teen kicked Stevens in the face, the original report said. Stevens
was airlifted to Ocala Regional Medical Center, where he died of injuries suffered during
the beating.

6. The Villages-News story appears online and includes 38 reader comments, mostly
negative for King: https://www.villages-news.com/2020/04/26/retiring-state-attorney-will-be-
remembered-for-cases-not-pursued-in-the-villages/

7. DEFENDANT’S NOTICE OF PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT in Case No. 2022-

CF-1143, Filing # 178008132 was E-Filed 07/21/2023 at 09:34:27 PM

8. DEFENDANT’S NOTICE OF PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT in Case No. 2021-

CF-0286, Filing # 178029090 was E-Filed 07/24/2023 at 08:02:06 AM

9. DEFENDANT’S NOTICE OF PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT in Case No. 2019-

CF-4193, Filing # 178029087 was E-Filed 07/24/2023 at 08:02:03 AM

10. Case No. 2020-CF-2417 was nolle prosequi on April 28, 2022 because the alleged

victim, Sarah M. Thompson, died on May 12, 2021.

11. The Defendant was held in jail on no bond from February 4, 2021 through April 7, 2022.

12. During his incarceration, the Defendant’s email address for his Justice Network blog,

neilgillespie@mfi.net, was canceled by Greg Petry, President, Mid-Florida Internet (MFI.net),

NetSource Technologies, Inc./TSC Industries, Inc. 3700 South Pine Ave., Ocala, FL 34471.

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13. The Defendant’s Justice Network blog is a product of Blogger; owned and hosted by

Google LLC, a subsidiary of Alphabet, Inc. Because Greg Petry canceled the Defendant’s email

address, he cannot access his Blogger accounts linked to neilgillespie@mfi.net.

14. The Defendant’s YouTube channel is hosted by Google LLC, a subsidiary of Alphabet,

Inc. Because Greg Petry canceled the Defendant’s email address, he cannot access his YouTube

account linked to neilgillespie@mfi.net., see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rY3g9upXVLk

15. During his incarceration, the Defendant’s cell phone ended and the number was lost, so

he has no way to get an account recovery verification code.

16. Greg Petry has not responded to the Defendant’s certified mail of August 10, 2023 about

this issue. Google LLC, a subsidiary of Alphabet, Inc., has not responded to the Defendant’s

letters and email from May 10, 2023 to the present.

17. The Defendant believes his Blogger/Google account linked to his MFI.com email

address, is constitutionally protected speech under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution,

and a federally protected activity under 18 U.S.C. 245(b)(1)(a).

18. In addition, because the Defendant cannot access his Blogger, YouTube and Google

accounts associated with his email neilgillespie@mfi.net, he cannot serve his clients.

19. On such client is Ronny Scott Cooper, Inmate ID #0005200, Marion County Jail, Med B,

held without bond since May 1, 2019, case no. 2019-CF-1050, for violation of section

812.133.2A, Florida Statutes, Carjacking While Armed. Circuit Judge Peter M. Brigham

presiding. The docket shows Mr. Cooper is represented by John Wayne Witherspoon, Bar ID

#1008179, Crim. Conflict & Civ. Reg. Counsel, 5th Circuit.

20. Mr. Cooper filed a pro se motion to dismiss counsel dated October 3, 2023 (DOC 569).

Judge Brigham entered a Transport Order on October 3, 2023 (DOC 657) to transport Mr.

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Cooper to the Marion County Courthouse for the “purpose of appearing for a psychological

evaluation to be performed by Dr. Tonia Werner at 1:00 pm, October 25,2023, the defendant will

be placed in holding cell between courtroom 3A and 3B courtroom.”.

21. The Defendant has found a private attorney willing to represent Mr. Cooper for $10,000,

but is unable to commence fundraising because the Defendant cannot access his Blogger,

YouTube and Google accounts associated with his email neilgillespie@mfi.net.

22. Mr. Cooper stated in a jail Emessage to the Defendant on October 19, 2023 that he was

previously examined by Dr. Harry Krop, Ph.D., Clinical Psychologist. Mr. Cooper waived

confidentiality for the Defendant to disclose their Emessages. Mr. Cooper wrote in part:

dr. krop said in 2-video's that he recomends time served and a duel diognosis program
that was years ago he said back then that i had done enough time on this case and nobody
was touched or harmed in any way,the victim got her vehicle back ,nothing was wrong
with it..ive told the attorney jeffery deen to look at both video's and do a deposition on
dr.krop he hasn't done nothing.. dr.krops assistant called my mom years ago after an
evauation with her and told my mom i was coming home,and the case would be
dissmissed or time served, it's on a evaluation video to.... ronny cooper.. thank you..

23. Jeffrey D. Deen is the Regional Counsel, Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional

Counsel, for the Fifth District of Florida.

24. The Florida Bar News reported on September 14, 2023: “Gov. Ron DeSantis September

12 appointed Brad King of Ocala to serve as judge on the Fifth Judicial Circuit Court.”

https://www.floridabar.org/the-florida-bar-news/governor-appoints-brad-king-to-the-bench/

RESPCTFULLY SUBMITTED October 20, 2023.

NEIL JOSEPH GILLESPIE, Defendant pro se

2801 SW College Rd. STE 3
Ocala, FL 34474-4430
Phone: 352-239-9037
Email: celticein@yahoo.com

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I HEREBY CERTIFY that on October 20, 2023 the foregoing Notice was served on the
Florida Portal to:

Rebecca Rock McGuigan, Bureau Chief State Attorney’s Office

Criminal Appeals Division, Daytona Beach 110 North West 1st Avenue
Office of the Attorney General Suite 5000
444 Seabreeze Blvd., Suite 500 Ocala, FL 34475
Daytona Beach, FL 32118 Eservicemarion@Sao5.Org
(386) 238-4990
E-mail: Rebecca.McGuigan@myfloridalegal.com
E-service: crimappdab@myfloridalegal.com

American Civil Liberties Union of Florida Richard T. Jones, Esq

Jacqueline Nicole Azis, jazis@aclufl.org Salter Feiber P.A.
4023 N Armenia Ave Ste 450 3940 NW 16th Blvd Ste B
Tampa, FL 33607-1016 Gainesville, FL 32605-5811
Office: 786-363-2700 Office: 352-376-8201
Fax: 786-363-1140 Fax: 352-376-7996
Press: media@aclufl.org Email: richardj@salterlaw.net
Email: acluflonline@aclufl.org

Kenneth H. Yi, Director Greg Petry, President, Registered Agent

Alphabet, Inc./Google LLC
Legal
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, California
Email: kyi@google.com
NetSource Technologies, Inc./TSC Industries, Inc.
3700 South Pine Ave.
Ocala, FL 34471
Email: greg@nsource.com

and to the names on the Florida Portal Notice of Service of Court Documents.

Neil Joseph Gillespie, Defendant pro se

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1 certify from the records of this office that JUSTiCE NETWORK is a

Fictitious Name registered with the Departnlent of State on January 25,
2018.

The Registration NUlJ1ber of this Fictitious Name is G 180000 14506.

I further certify that said Fictitious anle Registration is active.

I further certify that said Fictitious Natne Registration filed a renewal on

Septelnber 7, 2023, and expires on December 31, 2028.

Given under my hand and the Gretlt Seal of

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 BRAD KING, STATE ATTORNEY
Fifth Judicial Circuit of Florida
Serving Marion, Lake, Citrus, Sumter, Hernando Counties

To: Judge James R. McCune, Administrative County Court Judge of Marion County
and County Court Judges
From: Brad King, State Attorney

RE: Redistribution of Assistant State Attorney assignments

Date: July 12th, 2018

As I recently explained to you, the number of cases on the county court dockets of Marion
County have dropped in recent years, while caseloads in other counties have not. For example, each of
you have averaged about 4000 criminal cases per year, while the sole county judge in Sumter County
has about 6000. This has resulted in an imbalance in the workloads of my staff. Because the legislature
provides me only a limited number of positions, I am forced to reassign attorney positions among the 26
courtrooms I must staff in order to better balance the workload on my attorneys.

Based on the caseload data, I am reducing the number of attorneys assigned to the Marion
County Court from 10 to 6. In order to facilitate this, I requested that you reduce the number of dockets
from 4 to 3, like the county court judges have done in Lake County. I was joined in this request by the
Public Defender, who like me, must provide services with a limited number of staff. For reasons about
which I can only speculate, you have refused this request. Keep in mind that in addition to the regular
dockets, we also support eight different county court diversion programs aimed at keeping first
offenders, and sometimes second and third ones, out of the formal court system.

I intend to make this reduction in two steps. First, I will reduce the attorneys assigned to each
Marion County Court docket from two to one and a half. Because I will have two attorneys who must
divide their time between two dockets, I must reduce their caseloads even further. I am implementing
several steps to reduce the caseload on each docket. As the caseloads drop on each docket, I am going
to take the second step to further equalize the workload on my staff, and make better use of the
resources I commit to each docket, by assigning only one attorney to each of two dockets.

I had my staff review each of the Marion County Court dockets to determine if an unequal
assignment of staff would be appropriate due to prosecution results obtained, because of the rulings of
each judge. I have determined that there are two dockets where the results of prosecutions produce
substantially less benefit for the citizens of Marion County. Accordingly, I will further reduce the staff
allocated to those dockets.

Marion County Courthouse

110 N. W. 1st Avenue, Suite 5000
Ocala, Florida 34475
352-671-5800
 I have found that, for a number of reasons, it is an ineffective use of limited resources to have
more than one attorney assigned to Judge Robert Landt. His rulings on such things as motions to
dismiss, motions to suppress evidence, and motions to set bond, and his sentencings are consistently
more favorable to the defense than other judges. (We have successfully appealed these rulings on
many occasions, but appeal is not an option in most of his rulings.) Since the outcome is less favorable
to the prosecution of criminals in his courtroom, I have chosen to invest fewer resources there. I am
prepared, if it becomes necessary, to implement several changes that will further reduce the cases on
his docket, since we expect little in the way of punishment for those defendants. These planned
changes will make the workload manageable for one attorney.

I found a different problem on Judge Tommy Thompson’s docket, but with a similar result.
Judge Thompson started with the smallest docket; it was, in fact, zero. Unfortunately, it is now the
largest docket because he grants continuance after continuance to defendants. This results in not just a
delay in justice for the victims in those cases, but in little activity on his docket other than just having an
attorney present while continuances are granted. Accordingly, I will consider further reducing the cases
assigned to his docket, so that I may further reduce the staff assigned to his courtroom and to try to
achieve a more timely resolution for those cases that remain on his docket.

I realize that further reducing the caseload on two dockets, but not on the others, may result in
some disparate treatment of defendants based upon docket assignment. Such disparate treatment
already exists among the dockets due to the proclivities of the two judges set forth above.

After making the final reduction in staff to Judge Landt’s and Judge Thompson’s dockets, I will
evaluate each of the two other dockets to determine if one and a half attorney positions are adequate,
or if I should return the two-attorney arrangement to Judge Ritterhoff-Williams’ and Judge McCune’s
dockets.

I have already begun reassignment of attorneys on each docket. If, in the future, you should be
willing to reconsider redistributing the caseloads, I will be more than happy to revisit this arrangement.
County Court Supervisor Becky Fletcher and Marion County Division Supervisor Toby Hunt will be
responsible for docket assignments as we work through this process.