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[Merris Badcock @MerrisBadcock]

In 2018, West Palm Beach was the only major FL city to make the top 40 most violent areas according to FBI data. Today at 5PM, @WPTVContact5 takes you inside @WestPalmPD Chief Adderley’s plan to push back. https://t.co/SLcbP5HpBZ @WPTV #Contact5

[Tom Kastanotis @TKastanotis]

.⁦@WPTV⁩ Thank you everyone. Just a couple of more days to go. Thanks for making it special.

[Merris Badcock @MerrisBadcock]

The President's Senate impeachment team has worked together before, right here in Palm Beach County. Both Starr and Dershowitz represented Jeffrey Epstein, helping the sex offender secure the generous non-prosecution agreement that kept him out of federal prison. @WPTV

[Merris Badcock @MerrisBadcock]

@WestPalmPD @WPTV Take a look at stats provided to @WPTVContact5: NYE celebratory gunfire incidents are down 49%, rounds fired are down 60% and locations where gunfire occurred are down 51%. @WestPalmPD https://t.co/CDxlRXnevT

[Alanna Quillen @AlannaNBC5]

Jeffrey Epstein’s special treatment: For the first time, a @PBCountySheriff’s deputy assigned to guard the convicted sex offender comes forward with new information. Watch this @WPTVContact5 exclusive, after @DatelineNBC, tonight at 11.

READ MORE: https://t.co/hASry9gK25

[Merris Badcock @MerrisBadcock]

What happened during Jeffrey Epstein’s time on PBSO’s watch? Tonight at 11, a deputy assigned to Epstein’s work release shares new details exclusively with @WPTVContact5 https://t.co/P3h77nMBJi @WPTV #Contact5

[Merris Badcock @MerrisBadcock]

Giuffre also corrects the record on President Donald Trump (who was not yet President at the time). "It's true that he didn't partake in any sex with us...Donald Trump never flirted with me." https://t.co/x4WX6m7WQb @WPTV @WPTVContact5 @samsminkWPTV @realDonaldTrump

[Merris Badcock @MerrisBadcock]

@WPTV @WPTVContact5 JUST IN: Palm Beach County Commissioner @VoteMcKinlay weighs in on @WPTVContact5's recent findings about the work release policy in place at the time of Epstein's incarceration. Read her letter in the photo below. https://t.co/PJuI0ypgQF @WPTV

[Merris Badcock @MerrisBadcock]

According to their exec. dir., the CJC is *not* an investigating agency. They are a research and analysis group of community stakeholders. They can only make recommendations. And Bradshaw happens to be one of their 32 board members. https://t.co/PJuI0yGRId @WPTV @WPTVContact5

[Merris Badcock @MerrisBadcock]

However, a review of the 2007 work release policy (the active work release policy during Epstein’s incarceration) shows sex offenders aren’t even mentioned. Period. https://t.co/PJuI0ypgQF

[Merris Badcock @MerrisBadcock]

PBSO spokeswoman Teri Barbera told @WPTVContact5 last month that sex offenders aren’t eligible for work release, but Epstein qualified for the program because he wasn’t a *registered* sex offender. https://t.co/PJuI0ypgQF

[Merris Badcock @MerrisBadcock]

Being a “convicted sex offender” didn’t exclude inmates from the work release program until 2011, when @PBCountySheriff added that language to their work released policy. https://t.co/PJuI0ypgQF @WPTV @WPTVContact5

[Merris Badcock @MerrisBadcock]

JUST IN: Newly released records from @PBCountySheriff show Jeffrey Epstein qualified for work release under a 2007 policy in place at the time, despite his prostitution crimes and convicted sex offender status. https://t.co/PJuI0ypgQF @WPTV @WPTVContact5 #Contact5

[Merris Badcock @MerrisBadcock]

If you know of other situations like this, the Contact 5 Investigators want to hear about it. /4 @WPTV @WPTVContact5 #Contact5 https://t.co/PsLJ21cp8j

[Merris Badcock @MerrisBadcock]

Berekhovski's ineligible status is subject to appeal, and not yet final. But it's a step in the right direction for @xanichkax and her family. /3 @WPTV @WPTVContact5 #Contact5 https://t.co/PsLJ21cp8j

[Merris Badcock @MerrisBadcock]

Four days after our story aired, Andrei Berekhovski's name now shows up on the #SafeSport list as "INELIGIBLE". @xanichkax and her attorney say they got a call from SafeSport after our story aired. Officials said they were finally going to take action. /2 https://t.co/PsLJ21cp8j

[Merris Badcock @MerrisBadcock]

UPDATE: Despite an arrest warrant for sexual abuse of a minor AND a complaint to #SafeSport, Central Florida figure skating coach, Andrei Berekhovski, wasn't showing up on an important list of Olympic-level coaches banned from their respective sports /1 https://t.co/PsLJ21cp8j

[Merris Badcock @MerrisBadcock]

"We were assisted by some excellent investigative journalism." - U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman. A *major shoutout* to @jkbjournalist + @MiamiHerald who uncovered what others tried to bury. If you haven't read it yet, PLEASE READ Perversion of Justice: https://t.co/rmgjYRVTai.

[Merris Badcock @MerrisBadcock]

#UPDATE: More photos of Nelson Luis Roman Rodriguez, given to me by his wife, Danairis Ramos. Someone driving a dark grey, metallic, 2010-2015 Chevy Camaro hit and killed Roman Rodriguez Tuesday night. The driver fled the scene. @WestPalmPD @WPTV