I doubt he got it from Smith & Warren or Blackington or Galls. Pretty much all retailers and manufacturers require documentation from the department on the badge for EXACTLY this reason. Hell, an organization I used to be affiliated with was requested by Smith & Warren to supply not only a letter from the captain, but also from the mayor.Not that difficult to find...
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Most larger County's in Florida have some sort of uniform supply shop who buy their badges from companies like Smith & Warren. If he had an official looking ID from the agency, which it looked like by the picture, he could of bought it from them.I doubt he got it from Smith & Warren or Blackington or Galls. Pretty much all retailers and manufacturers require documentation from the department on the badge for EXACTLY this reason. Hell, an organization I used to be affiliated with was requested by Smith & Warren to supply not only a letter from the captain, but also from the mayor.
My guess is he probably got it from a collector or something.
Question...answered. Doesn't really matter in the end. The kid is gonna face the music. Anybody wanna bet he claims a psychological defense? heh."They're extremely similar, but absolutely that was not an Osceola County sheriff's badge," she said.
The Osceola County Sheriff's Office began a criminal investigation against Scheidt after Miami Beach police notified the agency Thursday that the police radio in his possession belonged to the agency. By late afternoon, an Osceola County judge had issued a warrant for the teen's arrest on a single felony count of grand theft, Lizasuain said. Deputies rearrested him a little before 10 p.m. in South Florida.
"I can confirm the radio belongs to the Sheriff's Office, but keep in mind it is a nonfunctioning radio," said Lizasuain, explaining it was an old model deactivated by the agency. "We will pursue criminal charges."
Lizasuain said the badge Scheidt was carrying looked like an agency badge.
"They're extremely similar, but absolutely that was not an Osceola County sheriff's badge," she said.
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