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 A North Port man arrested on a felony charge in January for taking video of police working a traffic stop will not be prosecuted, the State Attorney's office announced Thursday. Steve Horrigan, 57, was charged with felony eavesdropping and misdemeanor obstruction when he used his smartphone to record North Port Police officers making an arrest across the street from his home. Horrigan, a computer technician and amateur videographer, spent a night in jail and could have faced five years in prison if convicted of eavesdropping. But in deciding not to press charges, Assistant State Attorney Eric Werbeck wrote "the State would be unable to prove the officer enjoyed an expectation of privacy with the defendant" and that the state likely could not "prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the officer's duties were obstructed by the defendant's conduct." Read More |
