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X FSS Description
☐ 119.071(2)(c) Active criminal intelligence/active criminal investigative information.
☐ 112.533(2)(a) Open Internal Affairs investigation.

Surveillance techniques, procedures, and personnel; inventory of law enforcement resources, policies,
☐ 119.071(2)(d)
or plans pertaining to mobilization, deployment, or tactical operations.
119.071(3)(a), 281.301
☐ Security and fire Safety, Security and Fire Safety Systems, Surveillance video recordings
AGO‐2015‐06
☐ 943.053, 943.0525 NCIC/FCIC/FBI and in‐state FDLE/DOC.
☐ 119.0712(2) Personal information contained in a motor vehicle record.
☐ 316.066(2)(b) Crash Reports – Media

316.066(2)(f),
☐ Crash Reports – Not eligible
DPPA 18 USC s 2721(b)
☐ 316.650(b) Traffic Citations
☐ 119.071(4)(c) Undercover personnel.
☐ 119.071(2)(f) Confidential informants (CIs).
☐ 119.071(2)(e) Confession.
☐ 119.071(5)(g) Biometric identification (fingerprints, palm prints, and/or footprints).
☐ 365.171(12)(a) Identity of 911 caller or person requesting emergency services.
☐ 119.071(2)(h) Identity of victim of sexual battery, lewd and lascivious offense upon a person less than 16 years old, child abuse, or other sexual offense.
☐ 787.06(9), 119.071(2)(h)(1) Human trafficking victims.
☐ 985.04(1) Juvenile offender records.
☐ 119.071(5)(a)(5) Social Security numbers held by agency.
☐ 119.071(5)(b) Bank account, debit, and/or credit card numbers; credit report(s) held by an agency.
☐ 119.071(2)(i)(j) Assets of a crime victim.
☐ 760.40(2)(a) DNA analysis results.

395.3025(7)(a),
☒ Medical information.
456.057(7)(a)
FL Constitution,
☐ Marsy’s Law.
Article 1, §16(b)
☐ 119.071(4)(d)(2)(a) Home address, telephone, Social Security number, date of birth, or photos of active/former LE personnel, spouses, and children.
☐ 1002.221 Education records/transcripts.
☐ 382.025 Birth certificate.
☐ 119.071(1)(a) Interview/polygraph examination questions and answers.
☐ 394.4615(7) Psychological testing/mental health information.
☐ 119.071(4)(b), 112.08(7) Physical fitness exams/medical information regarding employees.
☐ 112.0455(11), 440.102(8) Confidential Under Drug Free Workplace Act, confidential under drug testing program.
☐ 112.215(7) Deferred Compensation
☒ 119.071(4)(d)(2)(h) Home address, telephone, Social Security number, date of birth, or photos of active/former managers of any local government agency.
Tracking Number: Date: 02/15/2024

Case Number/Reference: 24‐028406 Specialist Name/ID: T.Jones/34072
Created 2/5/2016 | Updated 03/31/2023

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P A L M B E A C H C O U N T Y S H E R I F F' S O F F I C E PAGE 1
CASE NO. 24028406 O F F E N S E R E P O R T CASE NO. 24028406
DISPOSITION: OPEN
DIVISION: DETECTIVE
911:
BATTERY * * *
SIGNAL CODE: 31 CRIME CODE: 1 NON CRIME CODE: CODE: 130B DATE: 01/25/24 THURSDAY
ZONE: RB GRID: DEPUTY I.D.: 17616 NAME: RIEMER MARK ASSIST: TIME D 1413 A 1413 C 1431
OCCURRED BETWEEN DATE: 01/24/24 , 1940 HOURS AND DATE: 01/24/24 , 2000 HOURS
EXCEPTION TYPE:
INCIDENT LOCATION: 190 E 13 ST APT. NO.:
CITY: RIVIERA BEACH STATE: FL ZIP: 33404
NO. OFFENSES: 01 NO. OFFENDERS: 02 NO. VEHICLES STOLEN: 0 NO. PREMISES ENTERED: 0
LOCATION: GOVERNMENT / PUBLIC BUILDING
NO. VICTIMS: 02 NO. ARRESTED: 0 FORCED ENTRY: 0 WEAPON TYPE: HANDS / FISTS / FEET
OFFENSE NO. 1 FLORIDA STATE STATUTE: 784 03 1A1 CIS CODE 130B
NAME LIST:
ROLE:
VICTIM NO. 001 DOUGLAS LAWSON DOB:
SEX: M RACE: B HT: 511 WT: 185 HR: BROWN EYE: BROWN
BUSINESS PHONE: 561 000-0000
SUSPECT DOUGLAS LAWSON DOB:
COMPLAINANT DOUGLAS LAWSON DOB:
RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: HOME PHONE:
VICTIM NO. 002 TRADRICK K MCCOY DOB:
SEX: M RACE: B HT: 509 WT: 125 HR: BLACK EYE: BROWN
SUSPECT TRADRICK K MCCOY DOB:
WITNESS RONNIE L FELDER DOB:
WITNESS DANIELLE OSULLIVAN DOB:
SEX: F RACE: B HT: 506 WT: 142 HR: BLACK EYE: BROWN
printed by Employee Id #: 34072 on February 15, 2024 11:22:38AM
http://oqs.pbso.org/index.cfm?fa=dspCase&fromrec=1&srhta=9a7c21fb1b998315-C7948... 2/15/2024
DISPOSITION: OPEN
WITNESS JONATHAN EVANS DOB:

WITNESS JOHN L ASBERRY DOB: 10/03/1951
SEX: M RACE: B HT: 507 WT: 150 HR: BALD EYE: BROWN
RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: 1396 W 35 ST APT. 1 RIVIERA BE FL 33404 HOME PHONE:561 983-1426
WITNESS FABRICE D PIERRE LOUIS DOB: 03/14/1983
RESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: 8668 URANUS TR LAKE PARK FL 33403 HOME PHONE:754 224-0333
WITNESS WALTER S JAMES DOB:
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STATUS 1 = STOLEN 2 = S/R DIFFERENT DAY
CODE 3 = S/R SAME DAY 4 = RECOVERED FOR OTHER JURISDICTION
(STA) 5 = LOST ITEMS 8 = EVIDENCE SEIZED 9 = OTHER (ARSON/VANDALISM)
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DATE S T P R O P E R T Y
STLN/ T Y BRAND CALIBER SERIAL/NUMBER VALUE VALUE TELETYPE
RECOV A P NAME (GUN) DESCRIPTION STOLEN RECOVERED NUMBER
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020124 8 Z 4 SURVEILLANCE 1
VIDEOS FROM
MARINA
020124 8 Z MEDICAL 1
DISCHARGE
PAPERWORK FROM
LAWSON
020124 8 Z 6 VICTIM/ 1
WITNESS
INTERVIEWS
020124 8 Z 2 SECURITY 1
REPORTS
..
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OFFENSE INDICATOR: OFFENSE 1 VICTIM NUMBER: 1
VICTIM TYPE: ADULT
RESIDENCE TYPE: COUNTY RESIDENCE STATUS: FULL YEAR
DISPOSITION: OPEN
EXTENT OF INJURY: MINOR

INJURY TYPE(1): ABRASIONS / BRUISE
INJURY TYPE(2): NOT APPLICABLE
VICTIM RELATION: ACQUAINTANCE
..
OFFENSE INDICATOR: OFFENSE 1 VICTIM NUMBER: 2
VICTIM TYPE: ADULT
RESIDENCE TYPE: COUNTY RESIDENCE STATUS: FULL YEAR
EXTENT OF INJURY: NONE
VICTIM RELATION: ACQUAINTANCE
REPORT NUMBER: 1
FLORIDA VICTIM ? N
WEATHER: CLEAR
WITNESS TO CRIME KNOWN ?. Y SUSPECT NAME KNOWN ?....... Y
CAN VICTIM I.D. SUSPECT ? Y SUSPECT LOCATION KNOWN ?... Y
WILL VICTIM PROSECUTE ?.. N STOLEN PROPERTY TRACEABLE ? N
IS M.O. SIGNIFICANT ?.... Y EVIDENCE LEFT AT SCENE ?... Y
LATENTS LIFTED ?......... N SUSPECT'S VEHICLE KNOWN ?.. N
TAG NUMBER KNOWN ?....... N PROPERTY DAMAGE ?.......... N
EVIDENCE TAKEN BY ....... DET. RIEMER #17616
THIS PAGE IS SOLEY FOR THE INITIAL REPORT/INVESTIGATION BEING COMPLETED.

PLEASE SEE SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT FOR FULL DETAILS AND INVOLVED PARTIES WHEN IT
IS COMPLETED. IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT DETECTIVE RIEMER.
THIS INVESTIGATION WILL REMAIN CLASSIFIED AS OPEN.
DET. RIEMER #17616
COPY PASTE 020824 DS #4161
CASE NO. 24028406 SUPPLEMENT 1 O F F E N S E R E P O R T CASE NO. 24028406
DISPOSITION: EXCEPTIONALLY CLEARED
DIVISION: DETECTIVE
911:
BATTERY * * *
SIGNAL CODE: 31 CRIME CODE: 1 NON CRIME CODE: CODE: 130B DATE: 02/01/24 THURSDAY
ZONE: RB GRID: DEPUTY I.D.: 17616 NAME: RIEMER ASSIST: TIME D 1413 A 1413 C 1431
OCCURRED BETWEEN DATE: 02/01/24 , 0000 HOURS AND DATE: , 0000 HOURS
EXCEPTION TYPE: VICTIM / WITNESS REFUSED TO COOPERATE
INCIDENT LOCATION: 190 E 13 ST APT. NO.:
CITY: RIVIERA BEACH STATE: FL ZIP: 33404
NO. OFFENSES: 01 NO. OFFENDERS: 02 NO. VEHICLES STOLEN: 0 NO. PREMISES ENTERED: 0
LOCATION: GOVERNMENT / PUBLIC BUILDING
NO. VICTIMS: 02 NO. ARRESTED: 0 FORCED ENTRY: 0 WEAPON TYPE: HANDS / FISTS / FEET
OFFENSE NO. 1 FLORIDA STATE STATUTE: 784 03 1A1 CIS CODE 130B
ON JANUARY 25, 2024, I WAS NOTIFIED BY SGT. NEWCOMB TO CONTACT DEPUTY CHIEF
(DC) COPPIN OF THE RIVIERA BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT IN REGARDS TO HANDLING THE
INVESTIGATION INTO AN INCIDENT, WHICH TOOK PLACE AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING
ON JANUARY 24, 2024. UPON RECEIVING THIS REQUEST, I CONTACTED DEPUTY CHIEF
COPPIN VIA TELEPHONE, WHOM ADVISED THAT HE WAS NOT PRESENT FOR THE INCIDENT
THAT TOOK PLACE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE MEETING CONCLUDED, THUS HE COULD NOT
PROVIDE ALL OF THE DETAILS; HOWEVER, HE KNEW IT WAS SOMETHING BETWEEN
CHAIRPERSON DOUGLAS LAWSON AND COUNCIL MEMBER TRADRICK MCCOY. HE CONTACTED THE
SHERIFF'S OFFICE FOR AN OUTSIDE AGENCY INVESTIGATION BECAUSE CHAIRPERSON
DOUGLAS LAWSON WISHED TO REPORT THE INCIDENT TO POLICE AND PROSECUTE MCCOY FOR
SIMPLE BATTERY. DEPUTY CHIEF COPPIN ADVISED THAT TO BE COMPLETELY FAIR AND
IMPARTIAL, THE OUTSIDE AGENCY INVESTIGATION OF THIS INCIDENT WOULD DERIVE THE
BEST OUTCOME FOR COMPLETE TRANSPARENCY.
UPON BEING PROVIDED CHAIRPERSON LAWSON'S PHONE NUMBER BY COPPIN, I THEN
REACHED OUT TO LAWSON AND ARRANGED TO MEET WITH HIM IN PERSON TO LEARN THE
DETAILS TO THE INCIDENT, AS WELL AS OBTAIN A SWORN VICTIM STATEMENT FROM HIM.
I MET WITH DOUGLAS LAWSON AT THE LAKE PARK SUBSTATION, AT WHICH POINT I WAS
ABLE TO LEARN THE DETAILS TO THE SITUATION. LAWSON WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE A SWORN
STATEMENT REFERENCE THE DETAILS. AT THE CONCLUSION OF HIS STATEMENT, HE
ADVISED THAT BASED ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES PROVIDED AT THE TIME, HE DOES DESIRE
PROSECUTION OF COUNCILMAN TRADRICK MCCOY REGARDING THE ASSAULT/BATTERY THAT
WAS COMMITTED ON JANUARY 24TH. IN THE SWORN STATEMENT, LAWSON PROVIDED THAT AT
THE CONCLUSION OF THE COMMISSION MEETING, COUNCILMAN MCCOY AND HIM HAD AN
EXCHANGE OF WORDS IN REGARDS TO THE CLOSING OF THE MEETING. THEY EXCHANGED

WORDS ADDRESSING THE INTERRUPTION OF THE HEARING PROCESSES THAT TOOK PLACE AND
THEN THE MEETING ULTIMATELY CONCLUDED. ONCE CONCLUDED, BOTH PARTIES STEPPED
INTO ANOTHER ROOM AT THE CITY CENTER, AT WHICH POINT LAWSON ASKED MCCOY WHY HE
DISRUPTED THE MEETING LIKE THAT AND DISRESPECTED HIS POSITION IN THE COUNCIL.
LAWSON SAID THAT MCCOY FELT HE WAS TOO CLOSE, AT WHICH POINT HE BOWED DOWN AND
CREATED DISTANCE.
HE ADVISED THAT AFTER THEIR VERBAL BACK AND FORTH, THE TWO OF THEM ENTERED
INTO THE HALLWAY WHERE THE CONVERSATION BEGAN TO ESCALATE. HE STATED THAT
THERE WAS A LOT OF ANGER AND FRUSTRATION BUILDING UP, TO WHICH POINT
COUNCILMAN MCCOY STATED TO LAWSON TO GET HIS HANDS OUT OF HIS FACE AND IN
RESPONSE TO THAT, COUNCILMAN MCCOY THEN HIT LAWSON IN THE FACE. LAWSON REMOVED
HIS GLASSES AND PLACED HIS BELONGINGS DOWN, TO WHICH HE GRABBED MCCOY BY THE
SHIRT COLLAR AND HELD HIM BECAUSE THERE WAS NO SECURITY OR POLICE THERE. HE
THEN ADVISED THAT THERE WAS AN OLDER SECURITY GUARD THERE, BUT FOR PROTECTION
AND HIS OWN SAFETY, LAWSON HAD TO HOLD MCCOY THERE UNTIL MORE PEOPLE CAME SO
THAT THE SITUATION COULD BE DIFFUSED. DURING THIS TIME, LAWSON STATES BOTH
WERE PUSHING EACH OTHER BACK AND FORTH. OTHER INDIVIDUALS DID COME INTO THE
HALLWAY AND BEGAN PULLING ON HIM. LAWSON TOLD THEM TO GET OFF OF HIM, THEN THE
QUARREL STOPPED AND MCCOY LEFT. HE STATED PEOPLE THERE TOLD HIM TO NOT PURSUE
MCCOY INTO THE PARKING LOT, WHICH HE DID NOT. HE WENT TO HIS VEHICLE AND THEN
CAME BACK INTO THE HALL TO RECOVER HIS GLASSES AND BELONGINGS. UPON THAT, ALL
PARTIES LEFT AND NOTHING FURTHER TOOK PLACE.
WHEN ASKED WHO WAS PRESENT DURING THIS ARGUMENT AND THE BATTERY, LAWSON
ADVISED THAT MAYOR RONNIE FELDER WAS PRESENT FOR ALL OF THE INCIDENT AND HIS
SECRETARY, DANIELLE O'SULLIVAN, CAME INTO THE HALL DURING INCIDENT. IN THE
HALLWAY WHEN LAWSON WAS HIT, THEY WERE STANDING ABOUT A FOOT OR TWO APART, AND
HE WAS HIT WITH LIKE A FINGERPRINT OR MUSH TYPE STRIKE WHERE HE PUSHED HIM
BACK BETWEEN HIS RIGHT EYE, GLASSES, AND FACE. LAWSON ADVISED THAT HE DID GO
TO THE HOSPITAL AFTER HE GOT HOME AND THE ADRENALINE WORE OFF BECAUSE HE
STARTED TO EXPERIENCE TROUBLE SLEEPING, A HEADACHE, AND IRRITATION WITH HIS
EYE. HE STATED THAT UPON GOING TO THE HOSPITAL, THE DOCTORS THERE FOUND THAT
HIS CORNEA WAS LACERATED. HE THEN RESPONDED THE FOLLOWING MORNING TO HIS
NORMAL DOCTOR, WHOM PRESCRIBED MEDICATION AND DROPS FOR HIS EYE.
LAWSON FELT THE STRIKE WAS INTENTIONAL AND NOT SOMETHING ACCIDENTAL BASED
ON HIM UPSET ABOUT THE HANDS BEING CLOSE TO HIM. HE STATED THAT BEFORE MCCOY
EVEN SAID ANYTHING ABOUT LAWSON'S HANDS IN HIS FACE, HE WAS ALREADY STRIKING
HIM IN THE FACE. HE CONFIRMED THAT THE OTHER PARTY INVOLVED WITH THIS INCIDENT
WAS COUNCILMAN TRADRICK MCCOY AND THAT THE INCIDENT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CAPTURED
ON THE MARINA BUILDING SURVEILLANCE CAMERAS. LAWSON AGAIN STATED AT THE
CONCLUSION OF THIS INTERVIEW THAT HE DOES DESIRE PROSECUTION AT THIS TIME FOR
THE BATTERY.
THIS INTERVIEW WAS RECORDED ON MY DEPARTMENT ISSUED BODY WORN CAMERA (BWC)
AND THE ABOVE DICTATION IS NOT VERBATIM. PLEASE REFER TO THIS VIDEO RECORDING
FOR THE VERBATIM STATEMENT. LAWSON WAS PROVIDED WITH MY CONTACT INFORMATION
AND A COPY OF THE CASE NUMBER ON MY CARD. HE WAS INFORMED OF THE INVESTIGATION
PROCESS AT THIS TIME AND I REQUESTED THAT IF HE COULD PROVIDE THE HOSPITAL
PAPERWORK INDICATING THE INJURY SUSTAINED THAT WOULD BE GREAT. AN EVIDENCE.COM
LINK WAS FORWARDED TO LAWSON FOR HIM TO UPLOAD THESE DOCUMENTS.
AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE INTERVIEW, I ALSO CONTACTED CHIEF COPPIN AND
INQUIRED ABOUT HOW TO OBTAIN THE SURVEILLANCE VIDEO FROM THE MARINA WHICH
DEPICTS THE INCIDENT. HE ADVISED THAT THEIR TECHNOLOGY OFFICER, BEN SHEEHAN,
COULD UPLOAD IT TO EVIDENCE.COM IF A LINK WAS PROVIDED. AT THIS TIME, I DID
PROVIDE CHIEF COPPIN WITH THAT EVIDENCE.COM LINK FOR THIS VIDEO TO BE UPLOADED
AND THE VIDEO WAS UPLOADED SHORTLY AFTER.
IN THIS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO, THE FOLLOWING IS DEPICTED THE INCIDENT DATED
01/24/24 STARTING AT APPROXIMATELY 1949 HOURS (AT THE TIME OF THE INITIAL
VIEWING THE SECURITY GUARDS WERE NOT KNOWN): SECURITY GUARD (1) IS SEATED AT
THE TABLE NEXT TO THE METAL DETECTOR. TRADRICK MCCOY ENTERS THE HALL FIRST
FROM A SIDE DOOR AND WALKS TO PLACE HIS THINGS DOWN AT THE TABLE. FOLLOWING
HIM INTO THE HALL IS DOUGLAS LAWSON, RONNIE FELDER, SECURITY GUARD (2), AND
DANIELLE O'SULLIVAN. MCCOY GOES TO THE HALL DOOR AND CLOSES IT IMMEDIATELY,
WHILE THE OTHERS ENTERED FROM A SIDE DOOR. LAWSON ALSO PLACED A BOTTLE OF
WATER ON THE TABLE WHILE HOLDING PAPERS AND A CUP IN THE OTHER HAND AND TURNS
TO COME FACE TO FACE WITH MCCOY. FELDER GRABS HOLD OF LAWSON'S ARM AT THIS
POINT, HOWEVER, THEN LETS GO AND STANDS WITHIN A TRIANGLE FORMATION WITH
LAWSON AND MCCOY. DIRECTLY BEHIND THIS TRIANGLE OF PEOPLE IS SECURITY GUARD
(2) AND O'SULLIVAN. AS LAWSON AND MCCOY ARE APPEARING TO CONVERSE, THEY BOTH
USE THEIR HANDS TO EXPRESS THEIR FRUSTRATIONS AND SPEAK. AT ONE POINT, LAWSON
DOES RAISE HIS RIGHT OPEN HAND TO APPROXIMATELY SHOULDER HEIGHT TOWARDS MCCOY,
BUT NOT IN ANY THREATENING MANNER. AS LAWSON LOWERS HIS HAND AND IT IS NOW BY
HIS SIDE, MCCOY RESPONDS BY TAKING HIS LEFT HAND RAISING IT TO LAWSON'S FACE.
WITH HIS POINTER FINGER EXTENDED, MCCOY MAKES CONTACT WITH LAWSON'S
FACE/BRIDGE OF HIS NOSE/RIGHT EYE AND WITH FORCE PUSHES HIS HEAD BACKWARDS
WITH HIS LEFT POINTER FINGER. LAWSON DROPPED THE DRINK THAT WAS IN HIS HAND TO
THE FLOOR, TOOK A STEP BACK, AND PLACED THE PAPERS, ALONG WITH HIS GLASSES, ON
THE TABLE. SIMULTANEOUSLY, FELDER GRABS LAWSON'S LEFT ARM AND ATTEMPTS TO HOLD
HIM BACK, SECURITY GUARD (1) STANDS UP FROM THE TABLE, AND SECURITY GUARD (2)
STEPS IN BETWEEN THE COUNCILMEN WHILE PLACING HIS LEFT ARM ON MCCOY'S CHEST.
AFTER PLACING HIS ITEMS DOWN, LAWSON THEN PROCEEDS TO PUSH FELDER TO THE SIDE
IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET AT MCCOY. SECURITY GUARD (1) GRABS BOTH ARMS OF MCCOY
FROM BEHIND AND BEGINS TO PULL HIM FROM THE SITUATION WHILE SECURITY GUARD (2)
IS NOW DIRECTLY IN BETWEEN MCCOY AND LAWSON. LAWSON CONTINUES TO PUSH HIS WAY
TO MCCOY BY PHYSICALLY GRABBING SECURITY GUARD (2) IN THE CHEST AREA AND
PUSHING HIM TO THE SIDE SO THAT HIS PATH TO MCCOY WAS CLEARED. SECURITY GUARD
(2) MAINTAINED HIS RIGHT HAND ON MCCOY'S CHEST AND HIS LEFT HAND ON LAWSON'S
CHEST; HOWEVER, THE FORCE BEING USED BY LAWSON SURPASSED SECURITY GUARD'S (2)
POSITION AND HE WAS SUBSEQUENTLY PUSHED TO THE SIDE. AT THIS POINT, LAWSON AND
MCCOY WERE FACE TO FACE AND IN THE CORNER OF THE HALL OUT OF CAMERA VIEW;
HOWEVER, YOU COULD SEE THE BACK OF SECURITY GUARD (2) TRYING TO INTERVENE. THE
HALL DOOR OPENS, AT WHICH POINT A MALE WEARING A MAROON SUIT ENTERS THE HALL
WITH CITY MANAGER JONATHAN EVANS AND A CITY AMBASSADOR. ONCE THE DOOR CLOSES,
IT IS SEEN THAT SECURITY GUARD (2) WAS ABLE TO GET IN BETWEEN THE TWO
COUNCILMEN AGAIN AND THE TWO APPEAR TO BE VERBALLY ARGUING NOW BACK AND FORTH.
THE MALE IN THE MAROON SUIT BRIEFLY TRIES TO BREAK UP THE FIGHT AND GRABS
LAWSON BY THE ARM AS WELL; HOWEVER, HE EVENTUALLY LETS GO AS LAWSON APPEARS TO
TELL HIM TO. MCCOY WAS ALSO NO LONGER RESTRAINED AND WAS TALKING OVER SECURITY
GUARD (2) TO LAWSON; HOWEVER, MCCOY EVENTUALLY PUSHES SECURITY GUARD (2) TO
THE SIDE. NOW MCCOY AND LAWSON WERE AGAIN FACE TO FACE TALKING IN A HEATED
MANOR, WHILE THE MALE IN THE MAROON SUIT TRIES AGAIN TO INTERVENE BY GRABBING
LAWSON BY THE ARM. EVENTUALLY, LAWSON DIRECTS HIS ATTENTION TO THE MALE IN THE
MAROON SUIT, AT WHICH POINT BOTH PARTIES BEGIN TO START GRABBING THEIR
BELONGINGS FROM THE TABLE. MCCOY THEN LEAVES THE FACILITY AND LAWSON FOLLOWS
INTO THE PARKING LOT, HOWEVER, WALKS THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AS MCCOY. NOTHING
FURTHER HAPPENS FROM THIS POINT BETWEEN MCCOY AND LAWSON. SECURITY GUARD (1)
COLLECTS HIS GLASSES AND HAT FROM THE FLOOR THAT HAD BEEN KNOCKED OFF AND
SECURITY GUARD (2) GOES TO THE PARKING LOT TO ENSURE ALL IS MAINTAINED. ALL
PARTIES ENDED UP LEAVING ON THEIR OWN ACCORD WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT.
UPON RECEIVING AND REVIEWING THIS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO, I WAS THEN ABLE TO
DETERMINE ALL PARTIES THAT NEEDED TO BE INTERVIEWED FOR THEIR OBSERVATIONS.
THIS VIDEO WAS SECURED IN EVIDENCE.COM FOR FUTURE REFERENCES.
ON JANUARY 27, 2024, I RECEIVED MESSAGE FROM LAWSON ADVISING THAT HE WAS
ATTEMPTING TO UPLOAD THE MEDICAL PAPERWORK FOR HIS HOSPITAL DIAGNOSIS TO
EVIDENCE.COM, AT WHICH POINT I SENT HIM A NEW LINK TO THE CASE AND IT WAS
SUBSEQUENTLY UPLOADED. UPON REVIEW OF THIS HOSPITAL DISCHARGE PAPERWORK FROM
ST. MARY'S MEDICAL CENTER, IT DOES CONFIRM THAT DOUGLAS LAWSON WAS TREATED ON
JANUARY 25, 2024, AT APPROXIMATELY 0232 HOURS, FOR
. THE DIAGNOSIS LISTED
. HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO TAKE EYE DROPS FROM
WALGREENS AND FOLLOW UP WITH HIS EYE DOCTOR IN THE MORNING. LAWSON WAS
RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL AT APPROXIMATELY 0319 HOURS. THIS DOCUMENT WAS
SAVED TO EVIDENCE.COM FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.
ON JANUARY 29, 2024, I MADE CONTACT WITH THE INDIVIDUAL IDENTIFIED AS THE
CITY AMBASSADOR, WALTER JAMES, WHOM PROVIDED THAT HIS ROLE AT THE MARINA IS TO
ENSURE EVERYONE THERE IS SAFE. HE STATED THAT ON THE DATE OF THIS INCIDENT HE
WAS WORKING IN THIS CAPACITY. HE STATED THAT HE ENTERED THE HALL WHERE THE
MEETING HAD JUST COMPLETED, AT WHICH POINT HE HEARD MCCOY YELLING FROM ANOTHER
ROOM OF THE HALL. HE OPENED THE DOOR TO THAT AREA (KITCHEN) AND SAW FELDER,
LAWSON, AND MCCOY STANDING THERE. HE CLOSED THE DOOR, AT WHICH POINT HE TURNED
TO THE CITY MANAGER, JONATHAN EVANS, AND SHOOK HIS HEAD INDICATING THAT
SOMETHING WAS GOING ON. HE AND EVANS WALKED OUT INTO THE MAIN HALL AREA, TO
WHICH HE SAW THE SECURITY GUARD ABOUT TO CLOSE THE DOOR TO THE PART OF THE
HALL WHERE THE PARTIES JUST WENT INTO; HOWEVER, MCCOY TOOK CONTROL OF THE DOOR
AND SLAMMED IT CLOSED. HE STATED THAT HE CONTINUED TO HEAR THE SHOUTING COMING
FROM THAT PART OF THE HALL, THEN SUDDENLY SAW THE BACK OF ONE OF THE SECURITY
GUARDS PUSHED UP AGAINST THE DOORS FROSTED GLASS. TO JAMES, AT THIS POINT IT
SOUNDED MORE LIKE A PHYSICAL ALTERCATION TAKING PLACE, SO HE OPENED THE DOOR
TO THE HALL AND ENTERED THE AREA WITH EVANS. IT WAS AT THIS POINT THAT HE
OBSERVED LAWSON AND MCCOY IN THE CORNER WITH LAWSON HAVING MCCOY "JACKED UP"
IN THE CORNER.
WHEN ASKED FOR CLARIFICATION INTO WHAT HE MEANT BY "JACKED UP", JAMES
CLARIFIED THAT WITH HE OBSERVED LAWSON GRABBING A HOLD OF MCCOY BY THE
BLAZER/SHIRT COLLAR AND HOLDING HIM IN THE CORNER. WHEN ASKED IF HE FELT THIS
WAS A WAY TO CALM THE SITUATION DOWN OR WAS IT MORE AGGRESSIVE, JAMES STATED
IT APPEARED TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE; HOWEVER, LAWSON WAS TRYING TO SUBDUE MCCOY.
JAMES THEN ADVISED THAT HE DID NOT WITNESS WHAT TOOK PLACE IN THE HALLWAY
PRIOR TO HIS ENTRY; THUS HE COULD NOT ADVISE EXACTLY WHAT TOOK PLACE TO LEAD
UP TO THAT POINT. JAMES FURTHER EXPLAINED THAT HE FELT FROM WHAT HE SAW LAWSON
WAS TRYING TO DIFFUSE THE SITUATION AND STATED THAT THE SECURITY GUARDS WERE
TRYING TO BREAK IT UP, HOWEVER NEITHER PARTY APPEARED TO BE ALLOWING THAT
HAPPEN. THIS SWORN INTERVIEW WITH JAMES WAS CAPTURED ON BWC AND UPLOADED TO
EVIDENCE.COM FOR VERBATIM REFERENCE.
FOLLOWING THE INTERVIEW WITH JAMES, I PROCEEDED TO CONTACT THE SECURITY
GUARDS THAT WERE PRESENT IN THE VIDEO WHOM WERE IDENTIFIED BY JAMES AS FABRICE
PIERRE-LOUIS (SECURITY GUARD 2) AND JOHN ASBERRY (SECURITY GUARD 1). BOTH WERE
CURRENTLY WORKING ON THIS DATE AT CITY HALL AND CONTACT WAS MADE THERE WITH
ASBERRY, WHOM INFORMED ME THEY BOTH COMPLETED INCIDENT REPORTS WITH THEIR
COMPANY THAT SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THOSE. HE PROVIDED ME WITH HIS BOSSES
CONTACT INFORMATION AND ASKED THAT I REACH OUT AND REVIEW THEIR REPORTS BEFORE
TAKING ANOTHER STATEMENT. AT THIS TIME AT CITY HALL, NO OTHER WITNESSES WERE
AVAILABLE HERE, SO I THEN RESPONDED TO THE PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING AREA TO
ATTEMPT AN INTERVIEW WITH THE CITY MANAGER JONATHAN EVANS.
WHILE WAITING TO SPEAK WITH EVANS, I RECEIVED A PHONE CALL FROM ATTORNEY
KEVIN ANDERSON, WHOM IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS THE LEGAL COUNSEL FOR COUNCILMAN
TRADRICK MCCOY. AT THIS TIME, DETAILS WERE NOT EXPLAINED OR PRESENTED TO

ANDERSON AS TO THE FACTS OF THE VIDEO OR STATEMENTS ALREADY OBTAINED; HOWEVER,
I DID EXPLAIN TO HIM THAT I WISHED TO INTERVIEW MCCOY IN REGARDS TO THE
INCIDENT AS BOTH A SUSPECT AND A VICTIM TO MISDEMEANOR SIMPLE BATTERY CHARGES
BASED ON MY FINDINGS THUS FAR. AT THIS TIME, ANDERSON STATED THAT HE WOULD
CONTACT MCCOY AND SEE HOW THEY WISH TO PROCEED WITH THE INVESTIGATION AND HIS
STATEMENT.
AT THE PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING, I WAS ALSO MET BY MR. ROBERTO TRAVIESO, WHOM
ADVISED THAT HE DID HAVE A COPY OF THE SECURITY OFFICERS' INCIDENT REPORTS
THAT THEY COMPLETED AND WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE ME WITH COPIES IF NEEDED. AT
THIS TIME, I ADVISED HIM THAT WOULD BE GREAT AND HELP WITH DETERMINING IF I
NEED TO INTERVIEW THEM FURTHER. UPON RECEIPT AND REVIEW OF THESE INCIDENT
REPORTS COMPLETED BY PIERRE-LOUIS AND ASBERRY, I FOUND THAT THEIR REPORTS WERE
BRIEF AND NOT VERY DESCRIPTIVE TO THE DEPICTION OF WHAT TOOK PLACE ON VIDEO.
EACH STATEMENT ALSO APPEARED TO BE ALMOST VERBATIM ON EACH REPORT; THUS I
DETERMINED THAT IN PERSON INTERVIEWS NEEDED TO BE CONDUCTED. THE COPIES OF
THESE REPORTS WERE SCANNED AND UPLOADED TO EVIDENCE.COM, AS WELL AS PLACED
INTO PHYSICAL EVIDENCE FOR FUTURE REFERENCE.
I THEN PROCEEDED TO CONDUCT A SWORN TAPED WITNESS STATEMENT WITH JONATHAN
EVANS IN REGARDS TO HIS OBSERVATIONS WHICH WERE AS FOLLOWS: AFTER THE MEETING
CONCLUDED EVANS WAS IN THE MAIN ATRIUM AREA WHEN HE HEARD SOME SHOUTING AND
YELLING. HE THEN WENT INTO THE MAIN HALL/VESTIBULE AREA OF THE MARINA CENTER
AND BEGAN SPEAKING TO ONE OF THE CITY AMBASSADORS, WHOM WAS INFORMING HIM OF
WHAT HAD BEEN TAKING PLACE WITH THE SHOUTING. WHILE STANDING OUTSIDE OF THE
CLOSED DOORS TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS ENTRANCE/EXIT HALL WITH THE AMBASSADOR,
WALTER JAMES, HE SAW ON THE FROSTED GLASS WINDOW OF THE DOORS THAT ONE OF THE
SECURITY GUARDS HAD HIS BACK PRESSED UP TO THE WINDOW BECAUSE YOU COULD SEE
THE YELLOW LETTERS ON THE BACK OF HIS JACKET. BECAUSE OF THIS, HE SAID HE HAD
TO ENTER THE ROOM, AT WHICH POINT HE ENTERED THE ROOM AND UPON OPENING THE
DOORS, HE FOUND COUNCILMAN LAWSON AND MCCOY WERE "TIED UP" IN THE CORNER TO
THE LEFT OF HIM. HE STATES THEY WERE TUSSLING AT THAT PARTICULAR POINT AND
THEN SUBSEQUENTLY MOVED INTO THE CENTER OF THAT ROOM WHERE THEY EXCHANGED
WORDS, THEN BOTH PARTIES EVENTUALLY JUST LEFT ON THEIR OWN ACCORD.
WHEN ASKED FOR CLARIFICATION ON HIS OBSERVATIONS IN THE CORNER OF THE ROOM,
HE STATED THAT LAWSON WAS IN FRONT OF MCCOY, WHOM WAS BACKED INTO THE CORNER
OF THE ROOM. THERE WERE TWO SECURITY GUARDS, ONE OF WHICH WAS IN THE CORNER
AND THE OTHER WAS OFF TO THE SIDE OF BOTH COUNCILMEN. HE BELIEVES THE OLDER
SECURITY GUARD, ASBERRY, WAS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COUNCILMEN AND THE
YOUNGER ONE, PIERRE-LOUIS, WAS CLOSEST TO HIM WHEN HE ENTERED THE ROOM. EVANS
DID NOT SEE ANY PHYSICAL PUNCHES BEING THROWN; HOWEVER, BOTH WERE TUSSLED UP
IN THE CORNER WITH THE SECURITY GUARD HOLDING THEM. HE COULDN'T SEE FROM HIS
VANTAGE POINT IF EITHER COUNCILMEN HAD HANDS ON THE OTHER, HOLDING ONE OR THE
OTHER BECAUSE THE SECURITY GUARD BLOCKED HIS VIEW OF THAT. HE DID CONFIRM
THOUGH THAT THEY WERE CLOSE ENOUGH TO EACH OTHER TO TELL THEY WERE TIED UP IN
SOME FORM IN THAT CORNER. THIS CONCLUDED THE SWORN STATEMENT THAT WAS RECORDED
ON BWC AND UPLOADED TO EVIDENCE.COM FOR VERBATIM REFERENCE.
UPON LEAVING THE PUBLIC WORKS BUILDING, I RAN INTO MAYOR RONNIE FELDER IN
THE PARKING LOT AND EXPLAINED TO HIM THAT I WAS CONDUCTING THE INVESTIGATION
INTO THIS INCIDENT AND WISHED TO OBTAIN A WITNESS INTERVIEW/STATEMENT FROM HIM
SINCE HE WAS THE MAIN PERSON PRESENT DURING THE ENTIRE INCIDENT. FELDER ASKED
IF HE ABSOLUTELY HAD TO MAKE A STATEMENT, AT WHICH POINT I EXPLAINED TO HIM
THAT IT IS HIS CHOICE TO PROVIDE ONE OR NOT; HOWEVER, EITHER WAY THAT HE
CHOOSES, I WOULD JUST NEED TO PUT IT ON BWC VIDEO FOR IT TO BE OFFICIAL RECORD
OF HIS CHOICE. FELDER ASKED IF HE COULD THINK ABOUT WHAT HE WOULD DO BECAUSE
HE HAD A MEETING TO ATTEND AT THE MOMENT, AT WHICH POINT I ADVISED HIM TO
CONTACT ME WHEN HE DECIDES AND I PROVIDED HIM A BUSINESS CARD WITH MY CELL
NUMBER FOR DIRECT CONTACT WHEN HE DECIDES ON HOW HE WISHES TO PROCEED. THIS
CONCLUDED THE CONTACT WITH MAYOR FELDER.
AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS DATE, I ALSO REACHED OUT TO THE TECHNOLOGY
OFFICER, BEN SHEEHAN, AND REQUESTED THAT IF THERE WERE OTHER CAMERA ANGLES
THAT MAY REVEAL THE CONTINUED ALTERCATION IN THE CORNER TO PLEASE UPLOAD THEM
TO A NEW EVIDENCE.COM LINK SO THAT I COULD REVIEW THEM. HE SUBSEQUENTLY
UPLOADED THREE ADDITIONAL ANGLES, WHICH WERE FROM THE MAIN ATRIUM HALL SHOWING
THE OUTSIDE OF THE INCIDENT HALL WHERE EVANS AND JAMES WERE STANDING PRIOR TO
ENTRY, THE KITCHEN AREA WHERE THE VERBAL ALTERCATION STARTED, AND THE PARKING
LOT JUST OUTSIDE OF THE HALL DOOR. UPON REVIEW OF THESE ADDITIONAL ANGLES, YOU
CAN SEE FROM THE MAIN HALL THAT AS PATRONS WALK OUT OF THE MEETING HALL, THEIR
ATTENTION IS TURNED TOWARDS THE END OF THE HALL WHERE THE DOORS ARE CLOSED TO
THE INCIDENT TAKING PLACE. YOU CAN ALSO SEE WHERE AMBASSADOR WALTER JAMES,
CITY MANAGER JONATHAN EVANS, AND THE MALE IN THE MAROON SUIT, JEFF JACKSON,
WERE STANDING OUTSIDE OF THE ROOM UNTIL THEY HEARD THE COMMOTION AND ENTERED.
THE KITCHEN AREA SHOWS FROM THIS ANGLE A BRIEF MOMENT WHEN LAWSON, MCCOY, AND
FELDER ENTER THE ROOM, BUT THEN THEY ARE OFF CAMERA FOR ANYTHING ELSE IN THIS
ROOM. THE PARKING LOT VIDEO JUST SHOWS BOTH COUNCILMEN LEAVING AND NO FURTHER
ALTERCATIONS IN THE PARKING LOT. THESE VIDEOS WERE SAVED TO EVIDENCE.COM FOR
FUTURE REFERENCE.
ON JANUARY 30, 2024, I MET WITH DANIELLE O'SULLIVAN AT THE CITY HALL
BUILDING. O'SULLIVAN IS THE LEGISLATIVE AIDE TO CHAIRPERSON LAWSON AND WAS
PRESENT IN THE HALL WHEN THE BATTERY INCIDENT TOOK PLACE. UPON MEETING WITH
O'SULLIVAN, SHE STATED THAT SHE DOESN'T REMEMBER MUCH FROM THE INCIDENT
BECAUSE IT WAS SO CHAOTIC FOR HER THAT ALL SHE REMEMBERS IS HEARING SCREAMING
AND YELLING, BUT COULD NOT REMEMBER WHO WAS DOING OR SAYING WHAT. SHE STATED
THAT ALL OF THE INCIDENT WAS A BLUR TO HER AND BECAUSE OF THIS, SHE DOES NOT
WISH TO PROVIDE A STATEMENT AT THE TIME. AT THIS POINT, I ACTIVATED MY BWC AND
OBTAINED A RECORDED REFUSAL TO PROVIDE A STATEMENT IN THIS MATTER FROM
O'SULLIVAN.
I THEN MET WITH SECURITY GUARD (1), IDENTIFIED AS JOHN ASBERRY, IN THE
ENTRANCE TO CITY HALL. ASBERRY PROVIDED A SWORN STATEMENT, WHICH REFLECTED THE
FOLLOWING DETAILS. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT FROM THIS STATEMENT, I BELIEVE
ASBERRY HAD BOTH PARTIES' NAMES AND THEIR ACTIONS CONFUSED FROM HOW HE
DESCRIBED EACH. AT APPROXIMATELY 7:30 P.M., HE RECALLS THAT LAWSON AND MCCOY
EXITED THE COMMISSIONER MEETING AND ENTERED THE KITCHEN LANDING AREA. DURING
THE DISCUSSION THEY HAD IN THIS AREA, ASBERRY HEARD LAWSON TELL MCCOY THAT HE
DISRESPECTED HIM AND THE CONVERSATION THEN GOT HEATED. FROM THERE, THEY EXITED
THE KITCHEN INTO THE SECURITY AREA AND STATED THAT LAWSON WAS WITH HIS BACK TO
THE EAST AND MCCOY WAS FACING AT THE WEST. HE STATED THAT THEY WERE FACING
EACH OTHER, AT WHICH POINT MCCOY USED HIS FINGER TO POINT IN LAWSON'S FACE,
WHICH IS WHEN LAWSON SLAPPED HIS HAND AND MCCOY TOOK OFF HIS GLASSES. I
ATTEMPTED TO CORRECT ASBERRY WITH THE FACT THAT LAWSON WAS THE ONE WHOM WEARS
GLASSES; HOWEVER, HE WAS ADAMANT THAT LAWSON WAS FACING WEST AND MCCOY WAS
FACING EAST AND MCCOY WAS THE ONE USING HIS FINGER POINTING INTO THE FACE OF
LAWSON. HE AGAIN REITERATED THE FINGER POINTING AS INITIALLY ADVISED AND AFTER
THAT IS WHEN MCCOY TOOK OFF HIS GLASSES AND THAT'S WHEN LAWSON GOT AGGRESSIVE.
HE STATED THERE WERE NO LICKS, JUST PUSHING AND SHOVING, WHICH IS WHEN HE
GRABBED MCCOY IN A BEAR HUG AND PULLED HIM TO THE CORNER OF THE ROOM. ASBERRY
STATED THAT HE WAS BEHIND MCCOY AND PULLED HIM BACK TO THE CORNER, WHICH IS
WHEN ASBERRY'S BACK WAS AGAINST THE DOOR. HE STATED THAT HE DID HAVE MCCOY
SECURED AT THIS POINT AND HE WAS NOT A THREAT TO ANYONE ELSE. ASBERRY DID NOT
SEE ANY PHYSICAL CONTACT BECAUSE HIS BACK WAS IN THE CORNER AND HE WAS BEHIND
MCCOY, BUT HE STATED THAT FABRICE WOULD BE ABLE TO ADVISE MORE. ASBERRY
MAINTAINED THAT POSITION AND SUBSEQUENTLY EVERYONE SETTLED DOWN, THEN LEFT. HE
INDICATED THAT HE REMEMBERS THE CITY MANAGER IN THE CORNER, BUT NO ONE CALLED
THE POLICE AND HE ASKED IF SOMEONE WANTED HIM TO CALL THE POLICE. ASBERRY
STATED THAT HE COULDN'T GET HIS PHONE TO WORK, BUT AT THAT TIME HE LOOKED UP
AND BOTH COUNCILMEN HAD LEFT. ASBERRY STATED THAT HE FEELS BOTH COUNCILMEN
WERE THE AGGRESSORS AND CONFIRMED THAT BOTH PUT HANDS ON EACH OTHER. HE FELT
THAT IT COULD HAVE BEEN DE-ESCALATED IF THEY WERE ABLE TO UTILIZE THEIR VERBAL
INTERVENTION SKILLS. AT THIS POINT THE INTERVIEW CONCLUDED AND THE BWC
RECORDING WAS UPLOADED TO EVIDENCE.COM FOR VERBATIM REFERENCE.
I THEN INTERVIEWED SECURITY GUARD (2), IDENTIFIED AS FABRICE PIERRE-LOUIS,
AT THE ENTRANCE TO PUBLIC WORKS. PIERRE-LOUIS PROVIDED A SWORN STATEMENT,
WHICH REFLECTED THE FOLLOWING DETAILS: WHILE WORKING SECURITY FOR THE
MEETING, HE HEARD THE LOUD COMMOTION AND HEADED TOWARDS IT. WHEN HE GOT TO THE
DOOR, HE OBSERVED THEM ARGUING. HE SAID IT GOT A LITTLE HECTIC, BUT HE GOT
CLOSE CAUSE THEY WERE ARGUING, BUT LET IT BE IN THE EVENT THEY WERE JUST
ARGUING. AT THAT POINT, HE SAW MCCOY AND LAWSON GOT CLOSER TO EACH OTHER. AS
THEY CONTINUED TO TALK, LAWSON POINTED HIS FINGER IN MCCOY'S FACE AND THAT IS
WHEN MCCOY DIDN'T LIKE THAT, SO HE SLAPPED HIS HAND OFF. AFTER THIS IS WHEN
LAWSON BEGAN TO START SAYING, "OH HELL NO", AND AS HE SAW THIS ALL GO DOWN, HE
STEPPED IN BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM; HOWEVER, IT STILL GOT HECTIC, THEY BOTH
CLASHED, AND STARTED FIGHTING. HE TRIED TO STOP THEM AS BEST THAT HE COULD,
BUT THEY EVENTUALLY STOPPED AND JUST LEFT ON THEIR OWN. WHEN ASKED ABOUT
GETTING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE TWO, PIERRE-LOUIS STATED THAT HE DID SO TO TRY
AND CONTROL THE SITUATION, DIFFUSE IT, AND MAKE SURE NOTHING FURTHER HAPPENED.
HE SAID THEY STILL TUSSLED WHILE HE DID SO AND THAT WAS IT. HE CONFIRMED THAT
HIS PARTNER GOT BACKED UP IN THE CORNER, AT WHICH POINT HE LOST WHERE HE WAS,
BUT WAS MORE FOCUSED ON THE TWO THAT WERE TUSSLING. HE ALSO CONFIRMED THAT HE
DID SEE LAWSON PUT HIS HANDS ON MCCOY'S SHIRT COLLAR, BUT THEY JUST GRABBED
EACH OTHER, NOTHING LIKE PUNCHING. PIERRE-LOUIS DESCRIBED IT MORE LIKE BEAR
HUGGING AND GRABBING ONTO EACH OTHER. AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS INTERVIEW, I
DID PRESENT THAT PIERRE-LOUIS WAS SHOVED IN THIS INCIDENT WHILE TRYING TO
BREAK IT UP AND ASKED IF HE WISHED TO DO ANYTHING IN REGARDS TO THAT, AT WHICH
POINT HE STATED NO. THE INTERVIEW CONCLUDED AND THIS BWC RECORDING WAS
UPLOADED TO EVIDENCE.COM FOR VERBATIM REFERENCE.
AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS INTERVIEW, I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMMUNICATIONS
FROM MAYOR RONNIE FELDER AS TO IF HE WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE A WITNESS STATEMENT
TO THIS INCIDENT OR NOT; THUS IT WAS ASSUMED THAT HE WOULD NOT COOPERATE WITH
THE INVESTIGATION REQUEST.
THE MALE IN THE MAROON SUIT, JEFF JACKSON, WAS NOT INTERVIEWED AS PER THE
VIDEO, HE ENTERED AFTER THE FACT FOLLOWING EVANS AND JAMES; THUS HIS STATEMENT
WAS NOT SOUGHT AT THIS TIME.
BASED ON MY INTERVIEWS AND REVIEW OF THE VIDEO SURVEILLANCE, I FOUND THAT
BOTH PARTIES INVOLVED WERE CLEARLY IN AN AGGRAVATED ARGUMENT, LAWSON DID RAISE
HIS HAND TO MCCOY; HOWEVER, IT WAS NOT IN A THREATENING MANNER AND IN AN
EXPRESSIVE MANNER WHILE HE TALKED AS HE HAD BEEN DOING DURING THEIR ARGUMENT.
AS LAWSON RETURNED HIS RIGHT HAND TO HIS SIDE, MCCOY TOOK HIS LEFT HAND
POINTER FINGER, PUNCHING IT FORWARD TO LAWSON'S FACE/RIGHT EYE WITH SUCH FORCE
THAT WHEN CONTACT WAS MADE, IT CAUSED LAWSON'S HEAD AND BODY TO MOVE
BACKWARDS. AT THIS MOMENT, THE TWO SECURITY GUARDS IMMEDIATELY REACTED TO
DIFFUSE THE SITUATION AND PREVENT FURTHER PHYSICAL ALTERCATION BY STEPPING IN
BETWEEN THE TWO PARTIES, AS WELL AS PULLING MCCOY OUT OF THE IMMEDIATE AREA.
MAYOR FELDER ATTEMPTED TO RESTRAIN LAWSON FROM REACTING; HOWEVER, LAWSON'S
EXPLOSIVE REACTION ONCE HE PUT HIS GLASSES AND PAPERWORK ON THE TABLE WAS
EXCESSIVE AND NOT WARRANTED. LAWSON PROCEEDED WITH EMPTY HANDS TO PUSH FELDER
OUT OF HIS WAY AND GET ACCESS TO RETALIATE TOWARDS MCCOY EVEN WHEN SECURITY
HAD HIM SEPARATED FROM THE COMMOTION. ONCE PAST FELDER, LAWSON THEN PUSHED
SECURITY GUARD PIERRE-LOUIS FROM BETWEEN HIM AND MCCOY UNTIL THEY WERE IN THE
CORNER TOGETHER AND LAWSON HAD HANDS ON MCCOY. AT THIS POINT, THE WITNESSES
DESCRIBED LAWSON AS PLACING HIS HANDS ON MCCOY IN THE CORNER WHILE THE
SECURITY GUARDS CONTINUED TO ATTEMPT SEPARATING THE TWO FROM EACH OTHER NOW
THAT LAWSON FORCED HIS WAY TO MCCOY. SUBSEQUENTLY, ALL PARTIES WERE SEPARATED
AND BEGAN ARGUING VERBALLY AGAIN WITH SECURITY GUARD PIERRE-LOUIS IN THE
MIDDLE; HOWEVER, AT THIS POINT, MCCOY NOW PUSHED PIERRE-LOUIS TO THE SIDE.
LAWSON AND MCCOY EXCHANGED WORDS VERY CLOSELY BEFORE SEPARATING AND THEN
LEAVING ON THEIR OWN WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. DUE TO THIS EXCHANGE AND EQUAL
PHYSICAL CONTACT, I FOUND THAT PROBABLE CAUSE DOES EXIST IN THIS CASE BASED ON
THE ACTIONS OF TRADRICK MCCOY AND DOUGLAS LAWSON TO CHARGE EACH PERSON WITH A
SINGLE COUNT OF SIMPLE BATTERY, PURSUANT TO FLORIDA STATE STATUTE 784.03(1A1),
FOR ACTUALLY AND INTENTIONALLY TOUCHING/STRIKING EACH OTHER AGAINST THE WILL
OF THE OTHER IN THIS INCIDENT.
AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS INVESTIGATION, I DID SPEAK WITH DOUGLAS LAWSON
AND THE ATTORNEY, KEVIN ANDERSON, FOR TRADRICK MCCOY TO INFORM THEM OF MY
FINDINGS. I EXPLAINED THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE INVESTIGATION TO BOTH PARTIES
AS IT HAS CONCLUDED, WHICH BOTH PARTIES ARE A VICTIM AND A SUSPECT IN THIS
INCIDENT. BASED ON THOSE FACTORS, THEY HAVE THE CHOICE TO EITHER GO FORWARD
WITH DESIRING PROSECUTION ON EACH OTHER WHICH WOULD RESULT IN CHARGES FOR THE
SIMPLE BATTERY BEING FILED WITH THE STATE ATTORNEY'S OFFICE FOR THEM TO MAKE
THE DECISION IF A WARRANT WILL BE ISSUED ON EITHER PARTY OR THEY BOTH HAVE THE
CHOICE TO WAIVE PROSECUTION ON EACH OTHER. BOTH PARTIES WERE ADVISED THAT THIS
IS A MISDEMEANOR OFFENSE THAT DID NOT TAKE PLACE IN MY OR LAW ENFORCEMENT'S
PRESENCE AND IS BEING INVESTIGATED; THUS A PHYSICAL ARREST, IF THEY DESIRE
PROSECUTION, WAS NOT POSSIBLE UNTIL A WARRANT HAS BEEN ISSUED. I ADVISED THEM
BOTH THAT THE PARTIES HAVE TO MUTUALLY AGREE ON THE DECISION HOW TO PROCEED
AND UPON ADVISING ME OF THEIR DECISION, THE CASE WILL EITHER BE FILED WITH THE
STATE OR EXCEPTIONALLY CLEARED. BOTH PARTIES ADVISED THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO
DISCUSS THE OPTIONS BETWEEN LEGAL COUNCILS AND NOTIFY ME WITHIN THE NEXT
COUPLE OF DAYS. I ADVISED BOTH THAT THIS WOULD BE FINE, AT WHICH POINT THE
CONTACTS CONCLUDED FOR THIS DAY.
ON FEBRUARY 6, 2024, I WAS INFORMED BY DOUGLAS LAWSON'S RETAINED ATTORNEY,
GREGORY SALNICK, THAT AFTER SPEAKING WITH THE OPPOSING COUNCIL, BOTH PARTIES
HAVE AGREED TO WAIVE PROSECUTION AGAINST EACH OTHER AND NOT GO FORWARD WITH
THE CRIMINAL CHARGES IN THIS CASE. A MEETING WAS THEN ARRANGED FOR FEBRUARY 7,
2024, IN WHICH BOTH PARTIES WOULD BE PRESENT IN THE SAME ROOM AND ADVISE ON
RECORD OF THEIR DECISION UNDER OATH.
ON FEBRUARY 7, 2024, ALL PARTIES INVOLVED WITH THIS INCIDENT, TO INCLUDE
THEIR RESPECTED ATTORNEYS, NOTED TO BE SALNICK FOR MR. LAWSON AND RICK KING
FOR MR. MCCOY, MET AT SALNICK'S OFFICE. IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM ON AUDIO/VIDEO
RECORDING, BOTH LAWSON AND MCCOY INDIVIDUALLY UNDER OATH INDICATED THAT IN
REGARDS TO THE CHARGES OF SIMPLE BATTERY AGAINST EACH OTHER AS VICTIMS AND
SUSPECTS AS NOTED ABOVE, THEY BOTH DECLINE PROSECUTION. THIS VIDEO RECORDED
ELECTION TO DECLINE PROSECUTION BY BOTH PARTIES WAS UPLOADED TO EVIDENCE.COM
FOR VERBATIM REFERENCE.
BASED ON THE PARTIES DECLINING PROSECUTION AGAINST EACH OTHER, THIS CASE
WILL BE RECLASSIFIED AS EXCEPTIONALLY CLEARED. NO FURTHER ACTIONS WILL BE
TAKEN.
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☐ 119.071(2)(c) Active criminal intelligence/active criminal investigative information.

☐ 112.533(2)(a) Open Internal Affairs investigation.

☐ 119.0712(2) Personal information contained in a motor vehicle record.

☐ 316.066(2)(b) Crash Reports – Media

☐ 119.071(4)(c) Undercover personnel.

☐ 119.071(2)(f) Confidential informants (CIs).

☐ 119.071(5)(g) Biometric identification (fingerprints, palm prints, and/or footprints).

☐ 365.171(12)(a) Identity of 911 caller or person requesting emergency services.

☐ 787.06(9), 119.071(2)(h)(1) Human trafficking victims.

☐ 985.04(1) Juvenile offender records.

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WITNESS JONATHAN EVANS DOB:

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EXTENT OF INJURY: MINOR

THIS PAGE IS SOLEY FOR THE INITIAL REPORT/INVESTIGATION BEING COMPLETED.

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EXCHANGE OF WORDS IN REGARDS TO THE CLOSING OF THE MEETING. THEY EXCHANGED

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