Richard A. Pond Chronology of the Democrat Candidate for
Plymouth County Sheriff 2010:
(1981 - 1984)
WARRANT FOR ARREST FOR NON-SUPPORT OF MINOR CHILDREN
1981
A Capias Warrant issued by Suffolk County Probate and Family Court Judge Mary C.
Fitzpatrick for the arrest of Richard Pond “to show cause…why he should not be held to be in contempt of said
Court in not obeying its order dated September 10th 1981 wherein he was ordered to pay certain sums for the support
and maintenance - of the minor children of himself…and has neglected to appear, in contempt of said Court.” December 3rd.
(see Exhibit ‘I’)
GUILTY OF CONTEMPT OF COURT
1981
Suffolk County Probate and Family Court Judge Joseph P. Warner entered a Judgment of Contempt
against Richard Pond (then allegedly residing at 933 Metropolitan Ave., Hyde Park) “After hearing, it is adjudged that
defendant is guilty of contempt of this court for having willfully failed and refused to obey its order of January 6, 1978.”
December 28th. (see Exhibit ‘J’)
QUESTIONABLE WORKERS’ COMPENSATION CLAIMS
1982
Richard Pond moved from Massachusetts to Florida, where it was known to be more difficult to
enforce out-of-state child support orders. Pond began training at the Broward County Police Academy on February 15th,
he was hired by the Fort Lauderdale Police Department and began patrol work on May 18th. During his time in the academy,
and his short tenure with the Fort Lauderdale Police Department, Pond file two workers’ compensation claims, the first
on March 27th (just 6 weeks into the academy), citing a ‘bruised left leg’ and the second while as a Police Officer on
June 30th, citing ‘splinters in [his] right index finger.’
1982
Suffolk County Probate and Family Court Wage Assignment Order from Judge Joseph P. Warner was served
upon defendant Richard Pond’s employer, the Fort Lauderdale (Florida) Police Department, assigning only thirty ($30.00) dollars
from his weekly earnings toward an aggregate of three thousand nine hundred and seventy ($3,970.00) dollars in aggregate child
support arrears. June 10th. (see Exhibit ‘K’)
DOMESTIC ASSAULT
1982
Deputies from the Broward County Sheriff’s Department responded to a domestic dispute call at approximately
6:25 AM to 2532 NW 39th Street, Lauderdale Lakes, Florida, the apartment owned by Richard Pond’s domestic partner, Ms. Jamie Ruth
Davis (DOB: 07-22-54). Ms. Davis claimed that then Fort Lauderdale Police Officer Pond had just returned home after being out,
drinking all night. Ms. Davis told the Deputies that Pond was angry, began throwing objects around the home and at some point
pointed his service revolver at her, causing her to flee the apartment in fear for her life (case # LL-82-8513). Davis refused to
press charges and signed a waiver of prosecution form. Officer Pond was not arrested, but facing probationary termination, ‘resigned’
from the Ft. Lauderdale P.D. on October 8th, citing ‘personal reasons’. June 28. (see Exhibit ‘L’)
DOMESTIC ASSUALT & BATTERY WITH A DEADLY WEAPON
1982
Deputies from the Broward County Sheriff’s Department responded to another domestic call to Richard Pond’s
apartment (same address as above) at approximately 3:35AM, again in response to a call from Pond’s domestic partner and complainant,
Ms. Jamie R. Davis. The Deputies found Ms. Davis in the kitchen holding her left wrist, sitting in a pool of blood which led back to
the bedroom. The Deputies noted that Davis suffered from a gunshot wound to the left wrist and that “Davis had a black eye and a
swollen lip” which she claimed had been self-inflicted after the shooting (would you have believed that?). Under questioning, Pond
claimed to have accidentally shot Davis while removing her S&W .357 magnum revolver from the bed. Pond told the investigating
officers “I didn’t mean to shoot her, it was an accident. If I wanted to kill her, I could have.” Following transportation to the
Broward General Hospital emergency room, Davis acknowledged an earlier argument had taken place, but denied that any physical contact
had occurred. Once again, Davis refused to press charges and signed a waiver of prosecution form (case # LL-82-14678). Ms. Davis’
unwillingness to cooperate with the Sheriff’s Department’s investigation was almost certainly due to domestic abuse victim intimidation.
Likewise, Pond was not arrested nor prosecuted for this incident, either. November 5.
(see Exhibit ‘M’)
TERMINATED FROM THREE LAW ENFORCEMENT JOBS IN ONE YEAR
1983
Following his departure from the Fort Lauderdale Police Department on October 8, 1982, on March 21, 1983 Richard Pond
was hired as a patrolman with the Dania (Florida) Police Department, but was fired from that job just a week later, on March 29th. On April 11th
of that year Mr. Pond was hired as a Deputy with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, but was terminated from employment on June 8, 1983,
in part due to having “falsified or made a willful material misrepresentations of information on an employment application.” (Administrative
Complaint and Final Order of Reprimand: Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission vs. Richard Pond case # 84-0844, dated Jan. 6 and
Oct. 9, 1984)
ACKNOWLEDGED SEXUAL ACTIVITY WITH PROSTITUTES
1983
In a report from Sergeant Robert Halstedt of the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office to the Florida Division of
Criminal Justice Standards and Training, the Sheriff’s Office gave three reasons for Deputy Richard Pond’s termination. Those reasons
included: First: Pond resigned under pressure from the Ft. Lauderdale Police. Second, Pond acknowledged having been “involved sexually with
prostitutes while employed [as a civilian dispatcher] by the Boston Police Department.” (from information obtained by Detective Pete Lavelle,
Plantation Police Department Polygraphist during pre-and post-test interviews) Third, “Pond was involved in a questionable shooting involving
his girlfriend.” July 13. (see Exhibit ‘N’)
ARRESTED FOR ASSAULT & BATTERY ON A POLICE OFFICER
1983
At the age of thirty-one (31), then former law enforcement officer Richard Pond was stopped in Coconut Creek,
Broward County, Florida on a minor motor vehicle violation. Apparently, Mr. Pond got out of control and was arrested for Assault and Battery
on a Police Officer. The charge was later dismissed prior to trial, likely because of Pond’s former law enforcement connections.
(see Exhibit ‘O’, from Pond’s Answers to Interrogatories in the Lewin case mentioned later)