Photo by QUENTIN ROUX, Staff
Marco Island Police Chief Thom Carr, formerly assistant police chief under Roger Reinke, who took a position as assistant city manager of Naples in 2008.
The city of Marco Island agreed to pay $100,000 to a former police lieutenant to settle a lawsuit.
Cliff Morine agreed to the settlement this week, two years after he claimed former Marco Police Chief Thom Carr fired him in retaliation.
Morine claimed in the lawsuit he was performing a death investigation in 2009 when Carr showed up and appeared intoxicated. Morine said he told Carr to stay in the car and not to drive, but the chief drove off.
Morine said Carr treated him unfairly for months afterward and eventually fired the 10-year veteran of the Marco force in retaliation for that night, the lawsuit says.
Morine's attorney, Steven Wenzel of Tampa, asked for compensatory, economic and punitive damages along with attorney fees and costs for violating Morine's First Amendment rights to free speech.
As part of the settlement, Morine agreed to waive all rights and claims against the city and Carr. Morine also agreed he would not be reinstated or allowed to work for the city in the future.
Marco Island staff could not provide Morine's salary information on Friday.
Carr retired in 2011 after nearly 40 years in law enforcement. Carr was hired by the city in 1999 and became chief in 2008.
Carr said Morine's lawsuit, and a second one filed against him by a Marco business, did not factor into his decision to retire.
At the time of his retirement, Carr maintained that Morine was not fired but that his position as lieutenant was cut to save money.
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Comments » 31
KlausStoertebeker writes:
PLUS retirement money!
Morine claimed in the lawsuit he was performing a death investigation in 2009 when Carr showed up and appeared intoxicated. Morine said he told Carr to stay in the car and not to drive, but the chief drove off.
I have a solution: Go rid of MIPD! Bring CCSD back. Safe money - increase service quality and professionalism.
ubetcha writes:
Lucky for the City only two were filed. Carr leaving or being forced to resign was a blessing to the deputies and the citizens of Marco.
RayPray writes:
"Carr leaving or being forced to resign was a blessing to the deputies and the citizens of Marco."
This sounds good, but the Carrs didn't drop from the sky.
What about the government morons who hired this pair, kept promoting them, handing them certificates of empty achievement?
MIslander writes:
Shocker! More taxpayer money wasted by the incompetence of the MIPD.
woozygirl writes:
You are 100% correct.
26yearsonmarco writes:
What the Hay, a $100K here, $1M there, its only our money, yawn.
This is only a drop in the bucket when you understand how "We the Peoples" money is being spent form here to Washington D.C., and it will continue until we are all broke, or should I say more broke, or broker, than we already are.
PS: This is the first Blog where everyone seems to be in agreement.
KlausStoertebeker writes:
Maybe you have a solution and use your families war history! The way America you know works!
softy writes:
i guess my first question is has any other city had disgruntled employees claiming what ever to get money from us the tax payers? You know there are hundreds of them, and by the amount it looks like Morine did not get much. Stop and think about it, how long has this case been going on? How much is his attorney going to get? Oh and I hear there is an ex-wife who may claim alot of back child support from this moron, be happy he is gone Marco, you will not have to pay someone like him again. I bet he has not had a job since he was removed from MIPD.
KlausStoertebeker writes:
Are you his ex-wife?
RayPray writes:
In case you missed the funniest story of the week, not covered here, Marco's lavishly-priced Keystone Kops are now to be donated body armor.
http://www.coastalbreezenews.com/2012...
Marco Island? Body armor!!!
Who knows how many of those octogenarians our fearless shamuses stop for racing 31 mph around the island might be packing assault rifles packing jungle clips?
woozygirl writes:
Ray strikes again. Get them Ray get them!
26yearsonmarco writes:
Klaus,
I’m sure these articles will please you to no end, because it is exactly what your Idol Obama wants, and what your other Supreme Leader, Hitler, wanted before WWII.
1. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/...
2. http://rt.com/usa/news/dhs-unrest-gea...
3. http://www.infowars.com/dhs-prepares-...
By the way, how was the Kool Aide at the Obama Rally??
KlausStoertebeker writes:
Hitler was never my supreme leader. I am born in 1946.
And to bring great President Barack Obama even close to Hitler is a big infamy.
Can it be Lt. Dan that you got a head shot in Vietnam.
August8 writes:
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KlausStoertebeker writes:
Are you Lt. Dans uncle? With WWI experience? Or just one of the Marco Island keystone cops? 90 % of your post are insults. Maybe you see a doctor.
For a behavior program.
blogsmog writes:
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26yearsonmarco writes:
"Can it be Lt. Dan that you got a head shot in Vietnam."
No Klaus, but speaking of “Head Shots”, one of my favorite things sent to me by my Uncle during WWII, who served under Great General Patton, was a German Helmet with a bullet hole completely through it.
This gave me some comfort after finding out how many of my relatives on my Mother’s side were killed by your people, for no reason at all, during the bombing of London.
KlausStoertebeker writes:
Good for you Lt. Dan. My grandparents were killed by he Nazis too. In KZ Neuengamme. My grandmother was member of the social democratic party. I have no memory and no helmets. And I have not your sense for war and military actions. I am a pacifist. All military stuff is a horror for me. However - by your family history from the Revolution war to AFGHANISTAN as participant of any war you are full indoctrinated. Like your above insulter. He loves Colonel Klink. How stupid can he be?
KlausStoertebeker writes:
America? No the rest of the world were necessary to bring Germany down. Exactly 84 nations world wide sign the unconditional surrender.
woozygirl writes:
How the heck did this subject go from the PD to Nazis, Vietnam etc. Frickin unreal. Concentrate on the next law suit coming up. Another cop was made to resign,fired or whatever so here comes another one. SWFL news article.
KlausStoertebeker writes:
Ask your war heroes blogsmog and Lt. Dan.
WhiskeyTangoFoxtrot writes:
You guys are too hard on Klaus. He is a little misguided. He grew up a socialist. It is his opinion that is the best system. We don't get to pick where we are born.
I am assuming he will have a front row seat to it's demise as well. Klaus, Draghi is getting brave! Hollande is as well. Are you Germans going to let the rest of the EU (via Draghi) tell Germany what they are going to do? You being a socialist and believing in the "share the wealth" program should have no problem supporting all of Southern Europe. Have a heart, the Greeks are going to run out of money again in August, and the Spaniards don't like having to borrow at 7%. Buy some of their bonds Germany! Help a brother out! Don't forget about those Italians! Italians need love (help) too!
Back on topic. Get rid of MIPD! Worthless waste of money!
RayPray writes:
"Are you Germans going to let the rest of the EU (via Draghi) tell Germany what they are going to do?"
Here is the essence of the Eurozone crisis:
Germany has the dough.
Southern Europe has the debt
France has lost its mind.
Any benefit accruing from all this will come to Great Britain.
ajm3s writes:
Excellent! Again!
KlausStoertebeker writes:
"Back on topic. Get rid of MIPD! Worthless waste of money!"
Finally I am agree. ALL OTHER STUFF IS BS.
KlausStoertebeker writes:
In this case you have no idea you are talking about. Germany is the biggest winner of the EURO second world champion leader of export. America is fourth. You have no idea what that means. Result: America on downfall.
KlausStoertebeker writes:
BS! By your intelligence you can not post this BS.
The European crisis is the American crisis,
nothing else.
blogsmog writes:
Klink! You will take my sister Gertrude to the dance tonite.
General Bueagarter I do not want to take your sister Gertrude to the dance tonite!
Klink! Perhaps you would like to dance in the Russian front?
General Bueagarter I would LOVE to take your sister Gertrude to the dance tonight!
MarcoBiker writes:
Sigh.
KlausStoertebeker writes:
Because you obvious each episode of hogan heroes memorize learned you can also correctly write the names of the German general. But for this it not as once again. Typical American TV education.
Klink is just your level. D!!!
KlausStoertebeker writes:
Excuse me! F level - no credit at all.
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