Gloucester Animal Control
File DW_0152 Clip
What we are presenting here
is a small clip where there is a discussion going on between Animal
Control Officer Steve Baranek and we believe Officer Shaun Doyle. The above
audio has been cleaned up as much as we could clean it up so that we
are able to hear the entire conversation. This audio starts at
exactly 6 minutes and 36 seconds into Steve Baranek's audio
recording. We have played this audio over and over and have spent
hours on making sure we know exactly what was said. Steve Baranek's
participation in the audio is self explanatory where Shaun Doyle's is written out. Shaun is a fast talker.
Here is what Shaun Doyle
is saying to Steve Baranek;
Shaun; “Call her again and
tell her we have a search warrant. With that search warrant legally
we can kick the door in by then. We have opportunity to do it in the
night.”
Okay, so Steve Baranek's
own recording shows without question, that he never tells the
defendant/occupant of this home that he is there with a search
warrant. That fact is well established. What we find difficult is
why the discussion for calling her again to tell her they have a
search warrant? By law, that is what they were already supposed to
have done. Second, why the discussion, “With that search warrant
we can legally kick the door in by then?” This part makes some
sense yet it does not. These guys are already supposed to be there
with a search warrant aren't they? Third and most disturbing,
Shaun's statement, “We have opportunity to do it in the night.”
What? Why would anyone
suggest coming back in the night to kick a door in based on a search
warrant that is supposed to be for Animal Control to check on the
condition of animals? Is it better to search a property and the
condition of animals in the middle of the night? This conversation
makes no sense and is way out of context. In fact it is our opinion
and that opinion is based on what we have been told by our source
inside the Gloucester County Sheriff's Office, that there was no
search warrant at this point and this is where the idea first came
up. Thanks Shaun.
Now Shaun Doyle is no longer with Animal Control and also no longer living in Virginia. He moved to California with his wife. When this audio recording happened, May 4th, 2010, Officer Shaun Doyle was fairly new to the position. We are wondering if he left both Animal Control and Virginia because of issues just like this one?
We believe more was said
here than should have been. But let me tell you, if you find this
disturbing, wait until the next story.