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Aug 12Liked by Joni E. Johnston, Psy.D.

This is a well written article that gives a general overview of Jeremy dewitte and why he poses such a risk to the community.

His criminal history is complicated and for someone who isn’t an attorney, I think you did a good job highlighting his basic criminal history.

But his criminal history cannot be downplayed. He is a convicted and registered sex offender who committed an act of violence on a child. He has been accused of domestic violence by multiple women on multiple occasions. He’s committed numerous acts of fraud and has ripped off kind-hearted people for tens of thousands of dollars. He is very dangerous.

On top of all of this, he falsely claims he has served in the military. Specifically he tells grandiose tales of being a commissioned officer (despite never having attended college), an army ranger, a special forces qualified soldier, a combat veteran who completed an airborne operation in Fallujah Iraq (despite the U.S. Army never carrying out such an operation during the war). He has used his false claim of military service for his financial benefit and to gain the trust of his victims. He never served a day in his life.

The man lacks any conscious or cognitive insight. He displays the common traits of an individual with a personality disorder (sociopathy).

The state of Florida is failing its citizens by not civilly committing Mr. Dewitte indefinitely under Florida’s Jimmy Ryce Act as a violent and dangerous sex offender

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Thanks for your insightful comments, Christopher.

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Jun 6·edited Jun 6

After being released a year after his child rape conviction, Jeremy violated his probation. How he violated is revealing. He set himself up as the coach of a junior varsity paintball / airsoft team in a league involving police. This violation earned him a 4 year sentence. Considering Jeremy groomed his rape victim by tricking her aunt into making him her P.T. coach and abused her with P.T. to both isolate and control her, the manner of his violation is particularly disturbing. Jeremy claims he met his victim in a nightclub, that is a lie he was living under the same roof as her with her aunt and knew she was a schoolgirl.

Between his first LEO impersonation offense and his rape conviction Jeremy persuaded or tricked his roommate/colleague Brett E Solomon into providing his SSN to obtain fake credentials including a driver's license, security guard card, then Jeremy went for the top prize a Passport with his face but his roommate's name which he used to travel to the Middle East. Resulting in more charges and a conviction. This is why Jeremy has the alias Brett E Solomon on his sex offender registry.

Jeremy has made false military claims including skydiving into Fallujah and "popping a riser" injuring himself in combat action. At a minor event celebrating his half brother Dylan's legitimate cadet accomplishment, Jeremy showed up in a Green Beret Army Major's uniform just to outshine everyone there including his brother, despite never having served a day in his life. Jeremy frequently mentions his military career during confrontations with strangers both in and out of fake uniform.

When taking a trip to Chicago to purchase a vehicle Jeremy threw chairs off a 6th floor balcony at a tow truck driver. Jeremy them made false claims of being a cop and allegations against the driver to try to avoid arrest.

During an altercation with Real Estate professional Mr. Jerome Henin when Dylan was emulating his brother's impersonation and impeding traffic, Jeremy and half brother Dylan got Mr. Henin arrested and charged using false claims and their fake cop status and official appearance to sway the attending officers. When the facts emerged the charges were dropped and Dylans attempts to shakedown Mr. Henin were met with a counter lawsuit. This is not the only financial scam Jeremy has perpetrated against innocent road users and insurance carriers leveraging his LEO impersonation.

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Aug 12Liked by Joni E. Johnston, Psy.D.

Well said. It’s important to highlight the extent of Mr. Dewitt[e]’s fraud and the level of deception and commitment he has to embracing his false persona for the purposes of victimizing the community . This is what makes him so dangerous.

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Thanks so much for the positive feedback and for taking the time to read and respond. Much appreciated.

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This is a fascinating case! I did a quick search on the most bizarre part of the story, "Metro-State Special Services" and found a web site that shows a company (Apparently in Dewitte's name) with a number of services. Also videos and pictures of people who are allegedly associated with the organization.

If accurate, this makes Dewitte look more like a cult or militia leader than a run of the mill police impersonator. I'm just flabbergasted.

Thanks for sharing this story.

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He was trying to start an ambulance business and a towing business at various times. This was part of that. You can find video of him dressed as a paramedic wheeling an injured WWE wrestler on a gurney into an ambulance, there's no equipment or medications in the ambulance and no paramedic gets in the back with the injured wrestler, just other WWE actors, so it's all fake but he's playing the part with a polo shirt 'uniform', gurney and ambulance. Likely the used ambulance he bought in Chicago when he got arrested for attacking a tow truck driver by launching chairs off a 6th floor balcony at them.

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