SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. — Newly released documents detail possible criminal activity on the part of a former Seminole County Jail deputy.
9 Investigates first broke the story in May, when the deputy resigned while under investigation by her own department.
The deputy is accused of having an inappropriate relationship with an inmate.
In addition to being caught on camera giving that inmate notes and allegedly kissing him off camera at least twice, Karli VanKleeck was caught giving the inmate Tylenol, which is considered contraband.
The documents said VanKleeck and the inmate, Jonathan Golden, admitted to having a relationship.
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The 43-page administrative investigation outlines VanKleeck's relationship with Golden, a convicted felon, who is behind bars on a violation of probation charge.
The report dates back to May 20, days before Channel 9 reported that VanKleeck had resigned from her job after surveillance video inside the jail showed her passing notes to the prisoner.
A search of Golden’s bunk turned up one of VanKleeck’s letters.
The report said VanKleeck wrote about kissing inmate Golden, saying, “I wish I would (have) kissed better. The second kiss was better.”
She signed the note, “I love you, Jonathan.”
She also wrote about sex, and maintaining the white race.
The investigation also revealed that Golden identifies as a member of the Ku Klux Klan and had a swastika tattoo on his chest.
Investigators interviewed more than 20 deputies, inmates and jail employees, and many of them said they, “believed VanKleeck’s actions reflected negatively on her as an employee of the Sheriff’s Office.”
In a series of interviews, VanKleeck admitted to putting money in inmate Golden’s commissary account, texting his father, and kissing the prisoner.
When investigators asked her why she wrote sexually explicit notes to Golden, she said, “I don’t know. I got wrapped up too far into it.”
Channel 9 found out the Seminole County Sheriff’s Office wanted to press charges against its former deputy, but the state attorney’s office declined to prosecute.
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