The police officer scrutinized for his handling of the sexual assault investigation involving Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston twice requested permission to obtain secondary employment with the Seminole Boosters, according to records acquired by Yahoo Sports.
The secondary employment requests were filed by Detective Scott Angulo of the Tallahassee Police Department on Sept. 15, 2011, and Jan. 19, 2012.
Winston has been named in a sexual assault complaint that is alleged to have occurred in December 2012. The family of the alleged victim has questioned why Angulo didn't collect DNA and blood work from Winston when Winston's attorney knew of the sexual assault report as early as February.
The State Attorney's office is investigating the incident and has yet to announce whether Winston will be charged. Winston's attorney has said his client did nothing wrong and suggested any sex that might have occurred between Winston and the alleged victim was consensual.
When contacted for context on the work Angulo did for the Seminole Boosters – a fundraising arm for Florida State athletics – an employee of the organization indicated the organization regularly hires officers to work athletic events and to provide security for skyboxes in Doak Campbell stadium. The Tallahassee Police Department did not return a call requesting additional information about Angulo's work with the Seminole Boosters.
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Willie Meggs, the State Attorney now investigating the matter, expressed concern that it took nearly a year for the police report naming Winston to reach his office, and has indicated the delay had the potential to jeopardize aspects of the investigation. The victim's attorney released a statement asking for an explanation for the police department's delay in turning the information over to Meggs.
An examination of Angulo's social media accounts and public records reveal multiple connections between members of the Tallahassee Police Department and Florida State University.
According to those records, Angulo is a graduate of FSU, has a sister who graduated from the university, a brother-in-law whose default pictures are related to FSU football and has joined numerous Internet-based fan clubs of the university's athletic program. Angulo's mother is also a member of an FSU athletics support group on Facebook, and was previously a member of a "Jameis Winston Fans" page until late last week. She is no longer a member of the Winston group.
The alleged victim's attorney, Patricia Carroll, said the ties potentially provided some context for statements Angulo made when allegedly declining to take DNA samples from Winston.
"If that information is true and correct, it helps me understand Officer Angulo's statement to me back in January," Carroll said. Carroll previously alleged that Angulo "refused to collect Winston's DNA or interview Winston's roommate who witnessed the attack" because he said doing so would "alert Winston and the matter would go public."
Carroll further alleged Angulo told her "Tallahassee was a big football town and the victim needs to think long and hard before proceeding against [Winston] because she will be raked over the coals and her life will be made miserable."
According to public records, Angulo is a Tallahassee native who obtained his Bachelor of Science in criminology from FSU in August of 1998. He also joined an Internet-based group supporting Florida State University football. He was a member of that group as recently as the afternoon of Oct. 20. Officer Angulo's social media profile has since been removed.
His mother is a current member of "The Extra Point Club," which according to their website, is "a group of women whose common interest is actively supporting FSU Athletics."
The Facebook page of Angulo's sister indicates she obtained her degree in mathematics education from Florida State in 1999 and joined at least one fan group supporting Florida State athletics. Her husband indicates he attended Tallahassee Community College, but has joined several fan groups supporting Florida State athletics and has multiple pictures on his account related to FSU athletics.
And Angulo isn't the only officer on the Tallahassee Police Department's staff who has publicly illustrated his support for Florida State athletics. Multiple members of Angulo's personal network also work for the police force and have indicated a connection to FSU through their social media accounts.
• Officer Andy Meresse: Accounts indicate he obtained his education at FSU and show several pictures where he is wearing FSU paraphernalia. His profile banner picture is of FSU players hoisting their helmets into the sky.
• Officer Matt Smidt: Accounts indicate he studied criminology at FSU. He has several pictures in FSU paraphernalia and has joined multiple Internet-based Florida State athletics fan clubs.
• Officer Rhonda Kerce: She is wearing a Florida State football jersey in her profile banner picture.
• Officer Russell Huston: He is wearing a Jameis Winston jersey in his profile picture. Also posted is another picture of him wearing a grey Florida State T-shirt.
• Officer Tony Carlson: Indicates he studied at Florida State. Is a fan of Florida State football and Rivals' Warchant.com, a popular Florida State athletics website.
• Officer Stephen Vaughn: Indicates he studied at Florida State. Is a fan of "Florida State Seminoles."
Five other TPD officers in Angulo's network indicated they obtained their education at Florida State University.
