Brevard County Sheriff’s Office David Bowes Named Deputy of the Month

By  //  April 24, 2015

Deputy David Bowes was recognized as the Brevard County Sheriff's Office South Precinct Deputy of the month for numerous Patrol and Investigative efforts that occurred during the month of March. (BCSO image)
Deputy David Bowes was recognized as the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office South Precinct Deputy of the month for numerous Patrol and Investigative efforts that occurred during the month of March. (BCSO image)

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA — Deputy David Bowes was recognized as the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office South Precinct Deputy of the month for numerous Patrol and Investigative efforts that occurred during the month of March.

In early March, Deputy David Bowes responded to a possible identity theft and fraud case.

Upon meeting with the victim, Deputy Bowes learned that the suspect had charged over $500 of merchandise to the victim’s account.

The victim advised that she suspected a neighbor. Acting on this information, Deputy Bowes located the neighbor and was able to get the suspect to confess to the crime.

He learned that the suspect had become upset with the victim and had obtained the victim ‘s credit card number and used it to fraudulently purchase the items.

Deputy Bowes arrested the suspect and was able to recover all of the items purchased.

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In a separate incident, Deputy Bowes was on patrol when he observed a vehicle parked at a beach accesses.

Deputy Bowes approached the vehicle when the driver leaned out of the car and yelled that nothing illegal was going on.

Upon looking inside the vehicle, Deputy Bowes observed that the adult male driver was accompanied by a juvenile male.

Deputy Bowes immediately became suspicious and coupled with concerns for the juvenile’s safety, asked the driver for consent to search the vehicle.

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The driver consented to a search at which point Deputy Bowes discovered the driver to be in possession of numerous sexual related items, a bottle of Vodka and a bag of pills.

Also located during the search were nude photographs of the juvenile.

Further investigation revealed that the 15-year old juvenile was on vacation in the area and had met the adult over the internet.

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The suspect had responded to the beach access and texted the juvenile who snuck out of his hotel room to meet.

The deputy safely returned the victim to his mother, and the suspect was turned over to our Special Victims Unit for further investigation and arrest.

Please join me in congratulating Deputy Bowes for his exceptional efforts to protect our community and citizens.

I could not be more proud of Deputy Bowes and the efforts of the 1,500 proud men and women of our agency.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey has been a law enforcement officer for over three decades. Sheriff Ivey is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and has a Bachelor’s Degree from Daytona State College in Management and Supervision. Sheriff Ivey’s background in law enforcement is inclusive of Management, Criminal Investigations, Narcotics, Patrol Services, Public Integrity Investigations, and Corrections.

Sheriff Wayne Ivey

Prior to being elected in 2012, Sheriff Ivey served the citizens of the State of Florida as a Resident Agent in Charge for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. As a member of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement Sheriff Ivey developed and created the country’s first ever statewide Task Force on Identity Theft.

That same year the Task Force was named one of the top five most innovative programs in the country by the International Association of Chiefs of Police and investigated approximately 44 million dollars in fraud cases. Additionally, as a member of FDLE, Sheriff Ivey created the Child Abduction Response Team (C.A.R.T) that re-defined the way Child Abduction cases are conducted throughout the country today.

Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey has been a law enforcement officer for over three decades. Sheriff Ivey is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and has a Bachelor’s Degree from Daytona State College in Management and Supervision. Sheriff Ivey’s background in law enforcement is inclusive of Management, Criminal Investigations, Narcotics, Patrol Services, Public Integrity Investigations, and Corrections.

The program was later selected as the most innovative program in the country by the International Association of Chiefs of Police and is now used as a nationwide model in the response and investigation of child abductions.

Sheriff Ivey has testified before the United States Congress on law enforcement related matters and has extensive experience in the area of Public Integrity Investigations. Sheriff Ivey was honored as the Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s Special Agent of the Year (1996) and was also recognized by the Commissioner of the Florida Department of Law Enforcement for his Outstanding Contributions to Criminal Justice. In August of 2011 Sheriff Ivey was honored by the National Organization of Victims Advocacy for his work at the national level as an advocate of victim’s rights and protection.

Sheriff Ivey speaks regularly on topics such as Identity Theft, Crime in America, Human Trafficking, Domestic Violence, and Self Defense through Mental Preparedness. Sheriff Ivey firmly believes that Crime Prevention and Education are vital to reduce our crime rate and protect our community.