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Hello Chaz
As an advocate for good, honest and ethical government, I seek your
assistance in exposing to the voters of Cooper City the questionable behavior of
candidate John Sims who seeks re-election on November
4
th
.
I believe you have
written about him on different occasions. I recall reading about his abuse
towards his pregnant wife and more recently about his racist blog postings.
Perhaps you would like to use
the
enclosed information to further educate
the
voters about this man s questionable behavior.
Sadly, there exists no formal system for providing real and accurate
information on candidates. Candidates have the good
fortune
of sharing
with
their electorate only the information they wish to convey. It
is
unlikely that Mr
Sims would tell his constituents that he had once pled guilty to assault and
battery on his pregnant wife. I also
doubt
he would volunteer to tell others
that
he has failed to pay child support and back pay for daycare and medical bills. The
list of unethical and illegal activity, as you can tel l by
the
enclosed, is extensive.
I choose to be anonymous for fear of retribution from Sims. He is known to
be a violent man. Actually, I also think the enclosed includes a call to his house
when his girlfriend
felt
threatened by him.
Thank you
A
concerned Cooper City resident
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CKGROU
ND
IN
FORM T
ION ABOUT JOHN B SIMS
1 John Sims was arrested and pled guilty to aggravated battery for assaulting his
former wife, who was pregnant at the time (see Miami-Dade Criminal Case #91-
5433). Sims then was subsequently found guilty
of
violating the terms
of
his
probation.
2. A Psychological Evaluation Report, and Family Violence Treatment Specialist letter
were issued regarding John Sims in connection
wi
t h
the
above-referenced criminal
case. The
report
concluded
that
Sims has some
rather
chronic personality and
behavioral problems, that he possesses dif ficult ies with stressful situations, that
he suffers
from
narcissism and
tends
to overvalue his
own
personal worth to
compensate
for
underlying feelings
of
insecurity, and
that
he remains
at
high risk
for
becoming physically violent again in the future. (See Miami-Dade Criminal Case
#91-5433).
3.
John Sims was found
to
be in violation
of the
terms
of
his
probation
and was
then
ordered
to serve an additional two years of probations. (See Miami-Dade Court
Case No. 91-5433).
4. In 2003,
BSO
responded to a domestic disturbance call from the home of John Sims
and Janet Gill (girlfriend). Both were given domestic violence packets by the
attending police officer. See
BSO
Report, Case #03-04578).
5. In
2005
, a Mtamt=Dade Court determined John Sim t be in arrears if l
payment
of
child support in the amount of $25,647.10 and legal fees in
the
amount of
$15,882.97. (See Miami-Dade Case #91-36013FC24). In Order granting his former
wife' s
motion
to execute and enforce her judgment and to compel payment
of
child
su pp ort,
Judg
e Maxine
Lando expressly
found
that
the former
wife
has depleted
her resources in order to defend against unnecessary litigation
initiated
by the
former
husband
,
and that the
former wife
and child have been placed in a
financially insecure
state, and
that the
husband's Affidavit filed is incorrect and
Petitioner/former
husband is not indigent
or
insolvent
for
purposes of filing an
appeal and there are gross misstatements of facts in the Affidavit regarding
liabilities
,
and
the Petitioner/former
husband refused to
testify
regarding the
contents
of
said Affidavit and,
in
fact, cited his Fifth
Amendment
rights against self
incrimination
under the
United States Constitution, and
further
refused
to
be placed
under
oath
or
to affirm any statement he might make, and
that M
r. Sims has been
continuously uncooperative
in
revealing his employment, assets and liabilities and
has actively and intentionally attempted to avoid payment and collections of monies
due and owing to Respondent/f ormer wife.
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6. In 05 John Sims t
hr
eatened a BSO Deputy while a C
od
e Enforcement
Officer
t r ied
to
serve two code violat ion not ices on a neighbor. Accord ing
to
th e po lice report,
S
im
s was very h
ost
ile and belligerent,
an
d
the
a
t t
en
di
ng
BSO
Depu
ty
had to re
qu
est
back-up
as
he f
ea
red fo r his sa f ety . (See
BSO
Rep ort,
Cas
e #160508-00070).
7. In 2
7 Sims w
as
found to have p lag iarized more t han 15 articles and wri tin
gs
on his
personal website, JohnBSims.com, and defends him self by stating t hat a ghost
must have misused his blog. (See Miam i Herald expose, 10/ 24/ 07).
8. In
7
John Sims was appointed by Shahrukh Dhanj i to the Human Relations
Co uncil of Florida, Inc.
as
Director of Government Affairs Ethics. Janet Gill (Sims'
wi fe ) was also employed
by
this local company in an administrative and/
or
financial
capacity. This company was incorporated on 12/
13/06
.
Mr
. Dhanji and/
or
his
company we re investigated by
FDLE for
campaign fraud and a
warrant
was issued
f or Mr. Dhanj
i'
s arrest. (See Sun -Sentinel, 3/ 29/ 08)
9.
After
John Sims
prev
iously denied a
ny
inv
olvement
with the
SaveCooperCity.blog
spot.com blog (which, in addition to many
other defamatory
and hateful entries,
included an anti-Semitic Nazi and
Hitler
posting
about
Mayor Eisinger), BSO
subpoenaed Google records and ascertained that Sims was the registered owner of
the blog. A BSO investigation also commenced
as
a result of a swastika etched into
the vehicle of Lori Green (
Mayor Eis
inger's campaign manager)
the
same week
that
t he anti-Semitic and hate-crime posting appeared
on
Sims' blog. (
See BSO Case
Report CC08 -01-0847dated 3/ 31/ 08 and also see
Miami
Herald Article dated April
2 2009)
10. On November 2
n
2010, same day
as
his re-election for Cooper City Commissioner, a
hearing was held in the Circu it Court of the 11th Judicial Circu it of Florida. The
Respondent, former wi fe of John Sims, requested the
hear
ing in an attempt t o
recov
er
monies
fro
m Pet it ion
er
, John Sims,
for
past due and unpaid child s
upport
payments and for unpaid daycare and
med
ical expenses for the care and well be ing
of the part ies mi
nor
child . The sum total of
mon
ies d ue t o
former wife of
John Sims
totaled
$18,634.00 and final j
udgment
requiring
payment
was
entered by
Judge
against John Sims for that amount. (Case No. : 91-36013 FC 29)
11. Th e Greater Fort Lauderdale Board of Rea l
tors
revoked John Sims' endorsement f
or
Commissioner apparent ly a
ft
er
th
ey
di
scovered t
hat
he was not h
onest
at his
in
terview
(Oct. 18
th
, 2010).
Si
ms supposedly cla i
med in
his int
erv
i
ew
that
he w
as
adamantly opposed t o
pro
po
se
d const i
tution
al Amendment 4 in
order
to rece ive
th
e
endorsement. It was lat er
br
ought to
th
e Board ' s attent ion th ro ugh Sims blog
post ings and his City voting record th at he wa s a vehement supporter of
Amendment 4. (Verifiable
thro
ugh
cont
a
ct with
Gr
eater
Fo
rt
La
ud
er
dale Board of
Rea
lto
rs, Adam
Sa
nders, Government Relat ions Di
recto
r) .
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12
.
State of Florida Elections Commission {
Case No
:
FEC 12-011
on
or
about January 23
2013
foun
d probable cause
th
at John Sims had
violat
ed Florida Election Code. He was
subsequently fined
1
,
800 for
these violations.
13. Having been inves
tigated
by the Florida Elections Commission for
ca
mpaign viola
tions
and having had an opportunity
to
amend his campaign statements, it has been
found
that at le
as
t one check was still not declared on the requ
ir
ed campaign expense forms
as
a payment. This check, written
from the
John Sims Campaign Accoun t, was made
pa
yable to Greg
Ross Tr
ust. (see attached copy of the chec
k
14. John Sims was publicly admonished for a racially insensitive Facebook post on his
Facebook page posted Nov. th 2012. {Cooper City Commission Workshop, Dec
11
th
2012
15. John Sims was fined 6,
380
for City code violation. In commenting
on
the violation, the
City Magistrate told John Sims that: As a commissioner you should be held to a higher
standard; you are a person
who
sets an example
for
the community.
Sims responded
by saying he will not pay the fine and will address the issue at a higher level.
(Sunsentinel, September 17 20
15
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the author i ty
o f J
ANET
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, St a t e
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eventh
pr
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Sta t e
F ~ o r i d a
in the County o f Dade,
under
oath ,
JOHN BRYANT S IMS , I I I
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in fo rmat io
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t ha t
the 8 t h day o f
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19
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County
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t h e
per son o f KATHARINA F . POERSCHKE ,
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in st he r w i l l , w h i l e KATHARINA F .
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p r e g n a n t and
the
def,endan t
knew
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s h o u l d have
known
t h a t
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v i o l a t i
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d ign i ty
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based
upon facts w
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t o as t rue. and wh i
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BE
INITIALED BY:
PROBATIONER
Defendant
Case Number
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SP EC I L CONDITIONS OF PROBATION
You must undergo psychiatric treatment until such time as the person in charge of such
treatment and your Probation Supervisor determine that such treatment is no longer
necessary.
You must serve
in
commencing
You must not associate in any way with
the attached order
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You are hereby placed on notice that the Court may at any time rescind or modify any of the conditions
probation, or may extend the period of probation as authorized by law, or may discharge you from further super-
and that if you violate any of the conditions of your probation, you may be arrested and the Court may revoke
probation; adjudicate you guilty if adjudication of guil t was withheld , and impose any sentence which it might have
placing you on probation
or require you to serve the balance of said sentence.
It is further ordered that when you have been instructed as to the conditions of probation , you shall be released
custody
if
you are in custody and if you are at liberty on bond , the sureties thereon shall stand discharged from
if section 1 or section 2 is checked.)
It is further ordered that the Clerk of this Court file this order in the clerk's office, and provide certified copies
to the Officer for use in compliance with the requirements of law.
DONE AND ORDERED, this the j
I acknowledge receipt of a certified copy of this order. The conditions have be xplained to me and I agree
abide
by
them.
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St a t e
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CHOLOGY ASSOCIATES
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6601 S.
W
80th STREET
SUITE
206
PSYCHOLOGI
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EVALUA
TION
Nam
e : Si
ms,
John
Birthdate: 8/1/58 (33 years)
Education: 13 years
Rac e : Whi te
Sex: Male
Reason
fo
r Refe r ral :
Case tl 91-5433
.i
Judge : David Tobin
Evaluation
Date: 7/13/
Report
Date:
7/ 19
/92
lERK
John Sims was refe rred for a p
sychol
og i
cal
eva l u
ation by the
Honorable David
Tobin of the 11th Judicia l Circuit
Court,
Cr imi nal Division, Dade County,
Flo
ri
da.
Mr.
Sims
pled
guilty
to
a
charge
of
aggravated
battery for
an
incident
which occur red on 2/ 8/91 .
He
was accu
sed
of pushing his pregnant wife to the
fl
oor
and forcibly removing her wedding
rings.
Mr.
Si
ms denied
pushing
hi s
wife
but admitted
to
removing
the rings
.
Mr.
sims was
placed
on two yea rs probation .
He
was charged with violating a s pec i a l conditi on of his probation by allegedly
fai
l i
ng
to
-successfully comp lete the
Domest ic
Interven
t i
on Pr
og
ram (DIP) . Whil e
he
atten
ded
the
group
therapy
sessions,
his counse
lor at the
prog
ram,
Ms. Linda
Gall, believed he reached
maximum
potential in therapy and had not been
able
to
wo
r k through
this
anger as to make progress in
therapy.
Ms . Sims consi dered
him remaining at high
risk
fo r becoming
physica
l l y vio l ent
again
in the f uture .
The purpose of
the evaluatio
n was to ass ess
Mr.
Sims' ps ychologica l f unctioning
as
i t
relates to
treatment
nee
ds
and
future
dangerousness
. The
psycholog
i s t
wa
s
in fo
rmed
that the
res
u
l t s
of
the
evaluation wo
uld in i t ia l l
y be going to Mr.
Myron Gold,
Mr
. Sims' a
ttorney
to present before Judge Tobin
camera.
The
assistant s tate
att
o rney, Mr. Joe Fernandez would apparentl y
not
have access
to
t he
re
sults of
the
evaluation during the heari ng.
Procedures. dministered :
C
lini cal
Inte rview, House-T
ree-Pe
r son Test, Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test
Rorschach Inkblot Test, Mnnesota
Mu
ltiphasic P
ers
onality I nvent or y-2 ( P
I - 2);
Incompl ete Sentences Test
Sources
of
Inf
o rmat i
on
:
Prior
to
the evaluation, Dr .
Frumk
in spoke
to Hr
. Gold and
to
Mr .
Fer
nandez. I n
addition,
the foll owing documents were reviewed :
a) Mr. Sims' cl
inical
record s at
the
DIP which
inc1udes
Ms. Ga l l s le t ter
to
---Yeda D.alJas, Me p.Lob.ation_o.f_i.cer_
b) the complaint/arrest
affidavit 's
pertain ing to the above cha
rges
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c)
the
affidavit
of violation of probation including the
report
form
d) Mr. Davi d Hudson's
correspondence to Mr.
Gold describing Hr . Sims' progress
in therapy and
treatment
needs
e) various motions and
petitions
f i led by
attorneys
related to
both
the criminal
case and
the
divorce
case in the
Family
Division of
the court
f)
the prenuptial
agreement between
Mr.
Sims and
Katharina
Poerschke
g)
corres
pondence between M .
Sims' divorce
lawyer,
Ms
.
Roberta Fox
and
the
attorney fo r his wife,
Mr.
Russel l
Spatz
h) what appe
ars
to be M . Sims'
d w r i t
t e n ~ n o t e s
i)
memorandum f rom Mr . Sims '
to Ms
. Fox concerni ng medi ation
j
a handwritten note from
Mr.
Sims
to Mr. Go
l d describing what he bel ieved
to
be problems with his defense f rom
his
previous defense attorney, Mr . Tom
Ri savy
k) a draft of a Memorandum of Law from Mr. Gold with a reply
fro
m the
ass i s
ta
nt s ta te
atto
rney
l ) off ense- i nci dent reports
related to
Mr . Sims ' f
i l
ing
complaints
ag
ainst
his
wi fe
m No
tes
re l
ating
to M
otion
fo r P
ost
co nv
ict i
on re
l i ef
n)
wha
t appear s
to
be
informal
statements
of
various witnesses
to
some
of the
in teract i ons between Mr. Sims and
his
wi f e
o) a transcript
of the
proceedings concerning Mr . Sims
in front of the Honorable
Arthur Rothenberg on 6/11/91
p) a transcr
ipt
of
the
proceedings conce r ning Hr . Sims in f ront of
the
Honorable
Davi d Tobi n on 3/31/92
q) t he 5/19/92 deposition of Mr . David Hudson
r)
the
4/20/92
deposition of
Veda Dal l
as
s) the
8/23/91
deposition of Katha r ina Poerschke
Background Information :
Mr . Sims was seen at
the
psychologist's
private
office for a
total
of almost
three
hours .
This excluded self-administered
testing time .
Prior
to the
eva l uation, Mr . Sims
was
informed that
the results
of
the
assessment were not
confidential
and would be given
to
his law
yer
to present to thedjudge without
the
assistant
state attorney
being present . Mr. Sims was told
that after that
meeting,
the
psychologist would not have any control
whether the assistant
state
attorney would be allowed
access
to
the findings or whethe r
the
report may some
day be used
in
his Family Court proce
edings
.
I t
would have been important
to interview
Ms .
Poerschke, the defendant's
ex-wife
and victim
of the
aggravated
battery
. Although
the psychologist
reviewed many
pertinent documents, the interview was done
with
an individual who was expected
to present his
side
most favorably . Nevertheless, Mr . Sims appeared to be a
reliable
historian
as
far
as
proving
a
detailed, internally consistent
accounting
of events
. While he portrayed Ms. Poerschke
in
negative terms, he said
positive
as well as negative
things
about himself.
Mr. Sims described a diff icult childhood . He said he fe l t he was the black
sheep in the
family.
He
is
the middle ch ild of two siblings. He said
that
he
was-very-
hyper
- afld-ett-t:-going
~ s a
child . A st.:a..ighLA:.:....student at-Hortb Miami
Senior High School, he was active in school sports and the band. He described
t
z
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his father beating him and his m
other
while
he was growing up . The beating ceased
when he was approximately 15 or 16 yea rs of age .
Mr Sims said that he got suspended from schoo l only
onc
e in his l i fe .
Th
is
occurred
when
he said he was falsely
accused of
shooting the
principal with
a
paper
clip
and a
rubber
band .
He described
himself
as
a
jo
kest
er
''
in
class
.
On
s v r ~ l
occasions
he was
required t o
go the
school
office for
saying
something
loud .
He
described having a number of
friends
. Hf denied ever having been
arrested as a juvenile .
Mr
Sims
said
he
joined
to
the
Navy at age 17
after
graduating high school .
He
joined
to
get
spec
ial training in their electronics school .
He said
he was in
an eli te
unit
as a communications specialist in
tact ica
l
operations
. Afte r
four
years he
lef t
with an Hon
orab le
Discharge.
He
then worked
for
a couple
of years
as a head
technician
for an electrical firm in
Virginia
.
He
subsequentlv moved
back to
Miami
and worked as a
t ransi t radi
o repair su
per
vi so r f or Dade County .
He has been doing
this
for the
past
nine years. He said he has completed one
year
of
college
at Miami
Dade Community
College in
telecommunications management.
He
plans
on
transferring
his
credits to
Barry
University.
Mr . Sims
said
he met
his
ex-wife at a
party. He
had
known
her brother
for yea
r s .
Two
weeks after they met, she moved in with him
to
help
take
care of him after
he was hit by a car when he was ridi ng a bicycle, t
rain
ing
for
the t r iathalon.
They married in August, 1987. Mr Sims said that his wife changed once she began
to go
the
police academy . People did not like
her
at work and he said she was
unab
le to
accept
authority
from
supervisors
.
To
wards
the
end
of
their
marriage,
he
said
she hit him daily, punching him oftentimes for no reason.
He said
that
he found out that
his
wife took a large sum of money
out of the
bank anq ran up
all
of
the credit cards .
Mr
Sims
described the
aggravated
battery
charge
as
resulting
from
th
e
following
incident . He said
that
his wife came home . He conf ronted
her
about taking out
all
of the
money and
expressed his concern
abou t being
able
to p ~ t h e mortgage.
He
sai d that she
threatened to
divorce him .
When she
refused
to
give him
her
wedding rings so he could hock them to pay for the mortgage, he said that he
grabbed her
lef t wri s t and attempted to
pull the ring off
. He
said tha t she
cowered do
wn to the f l
oor and began
to
kick
at
his
groin. He finally
removed
the
r i ng . Mr . Sims said his wife was
several
weeks pregnant at
the
time .
He
denied pushing her or
throwing
her to
the
ground .
Mr
Sims
said that the only
reason he
got
arrested was because she was an of
f i
cer herself . He spent 24 hours
in ja i l and was released on bail .
According to Mr
. Sims, his
wif
e decided not
to press
charges .
Shortly thereafter ,
he and
his
wife
moved
back
together
and he began
to
meet
with
Mr
. Hudson
for
therapy in
an
attempt
to improve
the marriage
.
He said that his wife refused
t o
co
me for
the treatment
herself
. Mr .
Si
ms
stated that
their
arguments
co
ntinued
and
at
one
point, he
believed
his
wi fe
wa
s having an affai r with
her
boss
at
ork .
He sai
d that
on April
1 , 1991, his wife moved back
to
her
mother's
home.
When he tried t o
visi t
her several days later , he
said that
her mother tele phoned
tne p6lTce, s t a t
ing
he Cr ied
to breal< the door
-down .
Hr.
Sims sa id tha t fo r the
next
month, he
wrote
a number
of
let ters
to his
wife, some
50 to 60 pages long,
whereby he spilled (his) guts and stated how much he loved her. Mr Sims
said
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that
his wife refi led the aggravated battery charge towards the end of April,
1991 and he spent
another
two
days in ja i l .
Soon
afterwards,
Hr. Sims
voluntarily
entered
the Domestic
Intervent
i on Program and s
topped
. seeing Hr. Hudson.
Hr. Sims apparent ly went to
court
on or about
October
, 1991.
He
said that
one
of
the
conditions of
his
two
year
pro
bation,
after
pleading
guilty
to the
agg
ravat
ed battery cha rge, was that he cont inue with his weekly group counseling
at DIP. Hr . Sim s
said that
in January, 1992, he was informed
by
his group
counsel or that he was being
ter
minated from the program. Hr. Sqms said that since
he believed he st i l l needed help, he began
to
see Mr . Hudson again for
individual
counse ling sessions. Mr Sims had also previously been in pasto ral counseling
with
a pastor Ted Place .
There was
no way of
independently
validating
Mr Sims' s t
atement
that prior to
his separation
from
his wife, i t was
Hs. Poer schke who would hit him
elmost daily
and threaten him with her gun. In
the DIP
Psychosocial Assessment completed on
5/6/90 , M . Sims acknowledges emotional and
verbal
abuse, has cursed at her,
also threatened
to divorce her. There
is no men
tion in
any records
of Mr
Sims
s t
ating
he
has
ever
hit
his
wife.
He
told
Dr. Frumkin
that
he once
hit
her on
the shoulder.
Apart
from that
in c
ident, he denied
ever hitting
or pushing her.
There is no
indication
from any
of the reco
rds
that Mr
S
im
s
has ever been
involved in any other fights or altercations with others.
Hr. Sims denied ever having had other arrests . He denied
being
vio lent or hitt ing
or abusing
others . He currently
has
a
girlfriend
who
is
a
comptroller for
a
maga zine publisher i n Coral Gables.
He
has known her for one
year
. Hr . Sims ha s
a
six-month
o
ld
daughter . He
sa id
that he
has
not sought vi si ta t ion with
her for
fea r that his wife to attempt would allege abuse complai nts agai11st him.
Interestingly,
Hr . Sims
s tate
d he
was not
certain
of his
daughter s name.
He
stated that he fe l t badly that tle could not- vts i t is
eaugt-lte-r
at tRis time .
e
is
pr
o
viding
financial
support
for
her
though
.
Drug/Alcohol History:
Hr. Sims said
that
he used cocaine once or twice prior
to
mee
ting with
his wife
and
also
did
i t several times with her.
He s
aid
he last used cocaine
four
years
ago. He
said
he ex
perimented
with marijuana
only
once
or
twice . The
las t
time
was
five
years
ago. Hr. Sims described
drinking
approximately three beers weekly
when
he
was
married.
He
described drinking rather
infrequently
now
He sa
i d
he
last
had an
alcoholic beverage
a month ago
when
he dra
nk one beer.
Apart from
some heavy
dri
nking
when
he was in
the Navy
,
Mr
. Sims denied
ever having much
to drink
at
one
t i me
.
Behavioral
Observations:
Mr . Sims
is
a ta l l , white male of
averag
e weight who came to
the
session casually
dressed and
neatly
groomed . He was
quite
art iculate, s pontaneously volunteered
informat ion, and had no difficulty easily
establish ing
rapport with
the
psychol ogist . His immediate, short-term, and long- termmemory were wi thin norma l
- - 1m
f t s
-. -
R1s
vocabula r y s l< i l l s-
r q
u f te
gooCI-;-Tie
has gooa -
abst :ract
-
re a
-
sonlng
abi l i t ie s . His judgment and common
sense
are
fa ir
. Overall, he came across as
an individual of at least high average intelligence .
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Hr. Sims somewhat in
appr
opr i atel y began to add ress Dr. Fru
mk
i n by hi s
f irs t
name.
He began the session by stat i ng that he i ni t ia lly had a problem with denial and
blaming
a
lot
of this on my
wife a t f i r
s
t .
While
i t
.
is
not
kn
own
i f
Hr. Sims
has really internali zed thi s, he has s eemingl y learned
to sa
y what he be l i
eves
others want
to hear
.
Mr . Sims' motor
activity
was within normal l i mi t s . His eye
cont
act was good . His
speech was clear,
coherent,
and
relevant
.
He
had
no loosening
of a s s ~ c i a t i o n s
While Hr. Sims was not
defensive
as
far
as what he
told
the psychologi s t
about
himself,
he
was
careful not to
show much emotion.
He
t r ied
to
keep
his feelings
under a Jot of
controJ
. His affect was constricted and he d i scussed many
s tressful events with l i t t le change in
hi
s tone of speech . He came across
neither
anx ious or depressed .
Mr.
Sims' impulse control was good
during
the s
ession
but based upon his history,
is generally poor . He denied ever experiencing any auditory or visual
ha
l lucinat
ions .
He
did not exhibit any
delusional
thinking. While he denied
c
urrently
having any
suicidal ideations,
he
said that
he thought of suicide
when
his
wife
was
planning
to
leave
him.
He said
that
he
fe l t
that
i f she
left , he
would have
nothing. He said that
on
several
occasions, he told his wife of his
suicidal thoughts as a last
resort.
He said he did not have any speci
f ic
plans
though
. Mr . Sims denied
ever
having had any
homicidal
t houghts and he
denied
having a problem with anger,
apart
from what
has
happened to him assoc iate9 with
this crimina l case .
Test Res
ults:
Test results show that Mr . Sims' t r ied to pres
ent himself
in an honest and
s t
r
aightforward
fashi on. He
is
an
individual
who
wants
t o
come
across in an
extremefy masculine
Tashi
on.
l1e
gene-ra+ ly--p;efers
ac---tioo
t
Uw.u.g.l t aru:l is not
v
ery
c
omfortable
dea
1
i
ng
with
his feelings.
He
makes
unreal ist
i c
assessments
about his own abil i t ie s and
sel
f - worth. Currently he is very
cautious
and feels
persecuted and misused .
Mr.
Sims i s a man who needs and requires a lot of structure. He has diff ic ulties
dealing with ambiguous or stressfu l situations. Rather than showing impulsiveness
dur i ng the sess i on, he demonstrated a concern for making absolutely certain he
was
doing
what
was
expected.
Paradoxically, although
he
has
a need
to control,
he
generally feel
s he never
has
enough
control. This
makes
him feel
very an
xious
and depressed .
He
feels
helpless
and inadequate and
has
difficul ty dealing with
any rejection . Mr. Sims has
impulse
control problems although there
is
nothing
i n the tes t data to s ugges t he is generally vi ol ent . He i s curren
t ly
experiencing
a lot
of s i t uational-related
stress
. The more anxious he f ee
ls
,
the
wor.
se
he
f e
el
s
about
himself as
a
pers
on. Y
et
he
holds in
these
bad
feelings
about
himself
and
has
di fficulty expr es s in g these feelings t o others .
Mos t cent
ral to
Hr . Sims pers
onali t
y i s
his
na
rc
i
ssis
m, hi s tendency t o
ove r va
lue
hi s own personal wort h. Th is is to
com
pe ns
ate
for
his
underl yi ng
f ee l ings
of
i nsecuri
ty
. He
has
some
dif fic
u
l ty
inte rac t
ing
w
i th
t he environment.
t 1mesfh-i s can
transcena
, nto tne1nter=personalarena . HisreTat ;-or1snips-wi t h_____
oth
ers may oftent i mes be less mature than mi
gh
t be
expected
of someone hi s age .
He compe nsa te s aga in by coming ac ros s overly
authori
t arian.
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Testing
does
not
indjcate
that
Mr.
Sims
has
any problems
with
r
eali ty
testing.
He
tends
to
be
lackadaisical
or hasty in his thinking . Sometimes this causes him
to
misinterpret what
others may
be saying or doing.
Forensic
Considerations and Recommendations:
Mr.
Sims
has some rather
c
hronic personality
and
behavioral problems. He
has
deep-seated
feelings of
inferiori ty
which he compensates by
trying to
always
~
in control . He has difficul ty handling
stressful situations.
He may come
acrogs
impulsive without giving
much
thought to his
actions.
Never t he l ess,
there is
nothing to suggest in
the tes t
data
that
he is currently a violent or
dangerous
person.
f
he exhibit
ed
v iolent behavior
in
the
past, he has learned to
bette
r
control his anger .
Mr . Sims does need psychotherapy on a weekly basis. While
Mr.
Hudson has worked
with
Mr.
Sims intensi vely for two different time periods, I might suggest that
Mr. Sims could
benefit
from seeing a
licenced
psychologist who could use a
combination of rational-emotive and
behavioral
approach
to
help
him feel better
about
himself. He
can
also
be
taught
relaxation
techniques.
I
am
not
certain
that
he can benefit, at this particular point of time, from any form of group
counseling, either from a psychologist or
social worker,
or from a program such
as
Domestic Interventi on or the Advocates. While Mr . Sims is a
bright,
motivated
indiv idual,
the treatment is not going to
be effective because of the
nature
of
his problem.
After
reviewing his
clinical record,
I have serious concerns about Mr. Sims'
treatment
a t
the
Domestic Intervention Program.
First ,
his group treatment consisted of three different therapists over an eight
month period.
There appears to be
no
m-tstency
n the t-A
e-rfrj}y- based
upoo s .
t.aff
turnover
.
One
would
find
i t
diff icul t
for
individuals
to
make
much
improvement
with so many different
therapists.
econd,
Mr
. Sims stated that on a number of o c c a ~ i o n s , group members showed for
treatment, man y missi
ng
work to attend, yet the therapist did not show. He said
no
attempt was made to
contact
individuals to te l l them
that
the group session
was not going to take
place
. This gives the clients a bad message as to the
importance of the group or how the therapist feels about them .
Third, based upon the records, Hr . Sims appeared to have excellent attendance.
He f i r s t sought
treatment
volunta r i ly. t was not court-ordered until
he had
already
been attending a
numbe
r of
group sessions.
Fourth,
Ms.
Gall
stated
that
he has been _
unable
to
work
through
his
anger
and
that he blames his wife for his abusive behavior . DIP's Psychosocial
Assessment
states that he acknowledges emotional and verbal abuse. While
progress
notes
of the
sessions
indicate at
times
that
Mr.
Sims blames others (wife courts
etc . ) for his problems,
oth
er progress notes (such as
8/21/91)
sta te
that
he
takes o\:{nership of
abusive/non-assertive behavior
in past
relations.
Progress
n -Ol::es a Iso
r e n e c r ' E n a t l l r ~
1ms nas
cor\s
-i
st:ent
I been very veroa:Tana express we
in the group sessions . He
expresses how
he
feels
and provides at time feedback
to other
group
members .
e
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Fifth,
even
i f
Hr. Sims has not verbalized remorse or responsibility for his
actions, the purpose of
the
treatment
is
to
belp him understand his actions and
ultimately bring about
behavioral change . If Mr . Sims
said
what
the counselors
wanted to
hear, there
would have been
no
need
for him
to be
in
therapy
in the
f i rs t place. His i n p p r o p r i t ~ statements show his need for
help,
not that he
can no
longer
benefit
from
treatment
.
DIP
needs
to
work
with
individual
s
who
have
problems, not ones who say all of the right things.
Sixth,
Mr . Sims
was
probably one
of
the brightest and most
articulate
members
of the group . He learned in his individual therapy that i t was imp o
r t
ant to
express
how
he
feels.
This
is
what he did in
the
group. Somehow i t appears he
was penalized
for this.
Progress
notes
ref lect a man
who was
trying hard to
cooperate and express
things
.
Seventh, interestingly,
there
were progress notes
for
every one of
Mr. Sims'
group sessions except
the
one (1/ 1S
/g2) immediately
preceding
the
one in which
he was informed
that
he
was being terminated. What transpired du ri
ng
thi
s
session? I f Mr.
Sims'
behavior was so inappropriate, why was i t
not
recorded in
the progress
notes?
There
was no
record
which
s ta t
ed what
specifically
Mr.
Sims
needed to do
to
comply with treatment. There was no
record
which
sta
t ed how
DIP
measures progress
in
therapy.
While I have gener
all
y
heard
good
thi ng
s about
the
Domestic
Intervention
Pr9gram,
in Mr
.
Sims' case
, any deficiencies
in
his
progress
appears
to
be re lated more
to his treatment than his behav i or in the group session. M . Ga l l s s ta tes in
her le t ter
to
Ms.
Dal l as that he remains at
high
risk for becoming physically
vio lent
again
in
the
future. The protection and well-be ing of his wife and
new
baby
should
be the utmost priority of
the
Court
at
this
time
.
The
best
predictor
ef
vi6Hent behavior is previous
e ~ i s o e s
of violent behavior .
There is l i t t l e in
Mr.
Sims' record which documents a long history
of
violent
behavior.
He does
not appear
to
take
drugs
or
drink alcohol.
He
seems
to
have
a good work history. There is
l i t t le
in
the
test data to sugge$t
that
he has
violent or
aggressive tendencies.
Thank you for
the
opportunity to assist the court with this case. I f t he
court
has additional
information
which
may
be useful, I
will
happily
incorporate
that
data into
the
above recommendations .
As
mentioned
previously,
I had no
opportunity
to
evaluate Mr. Sims'
ex-wife .
f
I can
provide
any further
information , please le t me know.
Respectfully,
[
~ ~ ~ _ _ _
I . Bruce Frumkin, Ph.D.,ABPP
Clinical Psychologi s t
Diplomate
in
Forensic Psychology
American Boar d of P ~ ~ f e s s i ~ n a l Psychol ogy
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STATE OF FLORIDA,
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vs .
JOHN B. SIMS I I I ,
Defendant /Appe l lan t
.
________________________
TO : THE BELOW LISTED ADRESSEES
IN
THE
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OF
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AND
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 11TH
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,
the
unders igned Defendant /Appel lant ,
JO
HN
B.
SI
MS
I I I ,
and
re spec t fu l ly moves th i s Honorable
Court
pursuant to
Fl .
R.
Crim
. P . 924 . 31, 3 . 220 . ( l ) , (m) , (n ) ( l ) , (o ) ; 90 . 503 ,
(3) (a)
,
(b)
,
(c)
; 9 0 .
50
7 ; F
1 .
R .
App
. P . 9 . 14 0 (d) ; 9 . 2 0 0 ,
(e)
; 9 . 3 0 0 ,
to
Unseal and
Transmit
to the 3rd D i s t r i c t Court of Appeals t he
record which conta ins a Forensic Evalua t ion by t he cour t
appointed
exper t wi tness ,
Dr
. I .
Bruce Frumkin
,
performed and
dated
June
30 ,
1992,
which was
sealed by t h i
s
Honorable Court
and
s t a t e s as follow s :
1.
Forensic
Evalua t ion was ordered by t h i s Honorable Court to
determine t he
innocence of t he Defendant
.
2 .
Dr
. I .
Bruce Frumkin
was
recommended
by t h i s
Hono
rab
l e
Court
a f t e r
lengthy disagreement between
oppos1ng
counsel and t he
\.
defense counsel , Mr .
Myron
Gold .
3 .
This Honorable
Court
reviewed th e
sa id document in camera
and subsequent ly
author ized
t he S ta t e Attorney
and
suppor t ing
counsel ,
inc luding
the s t a t e ' s
witness
to examine sa id document .
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4 .
The
Forens ic Evalua t ion
i s
in favor
o f
t he
Defendant/ Appel lant and
the
same
wishes to
waive pr ive lege due
t o the
preceeding
fac t s and
a l so by
volunta ry d i sc losu re to the
Appel la te
Court of
t he 3 rd D is t r i c t .
WHEREFORE the unders igned Defenda n t
A
ppe l l an t
prays
fo r
and
r e sp e c t f
u l l y reque s t s
t h i s
Honorable
Court
t o g ran t the motion
with in
and to grant any
and / o r a l l
r e l i e f t h a t
t h i s
Honorable
Court d eems appropr ia te .
RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED
DONE AND ORDERED
t so _3
day
i n the Ci rc u i t
Court
of
the 11th
Jud i c i a l Circui t in and
fo r
Dade
County
Flor ida a t Miami Flor ida .
~
Ci rcu i t
Court Judge
1 l
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I
HEREBY
CERTIFY t h a t a t r ue and
cor rec t
copy of
the
fo regoing
was mailed to the Sta te At to rney s Off ice ,
1351
N. W. 12 S t r e e t
Miami,
Flor ida
33125,
Myron
Gold,
Esq. ,
175
N. W.
1s t
Avenue,
Sui te 1720,
Miami Flor ida
33128-1817,
Off ice
of the Attorney
General 401 N.W. 2 Ave . , Miami, Flor ida 33131, Thi rd D is t r i c t
Court of Appeals 20001 s .w. 117 Ave, Miami, FL
33177
on t h i s
l 7______
day
of
______
DECEMBER_______________________________ 19 92 .
c o u r t\ motion .
record
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JOHN B.
SIMS
I I I
7436 S . W.
117 VE
SUITE
214
MIAMI FLORIDA
33183
305)
637-373 881
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IN THE CIRCUI T COU
RT
OF
THE
11TH
JUDICIAL
CIRCUI T IN AND FOR DADE
COUNTY FLORID A
STATE OF
FL
O
RI
DA,
CRIMINAL
DIVI
S I ON
CASE
NO. 91-
05
4
33
P l a i n t i f f / Appellee ,
THIRD DISTRICT CO
URT
OF APPEALS
CASE
NO
.
92-01976
vs .
_;
c:
>
JOHN
B . SIMS
I I I ,
DIRECTIONS TO THE
CLERK
Defendant /Appel lant .
COMES NOW t he undersigned D e f e n d a n t A p p e l l ~ ~ ~ G H N .
B.
0 tft have sut'fered paSt petSOnal attacks by
ther
foes
and
by political bloggers.
I retraced
the
whereabouts
of
Mrs..
Green
's ca r,
prior to
the incident,
and found
that
Mrs.
Green s
car is mainly used by her daughter, Heather
Green.
According
to
Heather, on Friday January ~
at
2:00pm
she drove the car
to Pi:>neer
Middle
School where a
blood drive was
being held.
Heather parked the car in the teacher s parking lot on the
south
side of the school and remained at
such location for approximately
te
n minutes
.
I
drew
to
the
school
and
observed
that
the
parking
is
not
equipped with
surveiDance cameras. I met with school personnel who
verified
that they
are
not
equipped with outside surveillance
equipment
In
adcfltion,
I spoke with school resource deputy,
Robert Wallace, who acknowledged
1hat
there are no
cameras
at the south side
teacher s
parking
lot
and
that the only cameras are
located
in the passageways and
do
not have a
view of
the
parking area
.
At
p p r o x i m a t e l y ~
Heathef returned
home and .parlced
.the
car
in her driveway. Heather
told
me
that she
did
not
observe
any
marks, scratches or anything suspicious wTth the vehicle.
Shortly thereafter, Heather left her home and drove
to
the
Sports Authority
, at the comer of Pines
Btvd. and Hiatus Rd . and parked in the front parking tot Heather remained
at
such location for
approximately ten
minutes
and
upon
exiting the
store
she did
not
observe anything suspicious with
her
car.
I
drove to the above
location
and noticed that the
Sports Authority is equipped with an
o
utside
surveillance camera.
but
according to
the store manager Damian
Chin.
the camera
is
aimed at
the store and
not
the
parking area
At appr
ox
imately 3 :15pm Heather
drove
to the Barnes and Nobles as well as the UJta Sh op
located on the
co
m er of Pi
nes
Btvd. and Flamingo Rd., within the
Pembroke
Crossing Shopping
Center.
CASE STATUS:
CIA EXJ
UNF
P-C/A
PJACTJVE
f
Pit
Detective
CCN 10027
Date:
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SHERIFPS
OFACE -
BROWARO COUNTY
,
FLORIDA
Investiga
tiv
e Action Report
C
ase:
C C ~ 1 0 8 4 7
Zona;1606
Off
ense:
Ha1B
Crime
Howev
er,
the
www
savecoopercity .bloqspot.com
was
the site
responsibie
for
referring
to
the
mayor as a Nazi-bitch and introducing a photo of the mayor
with
a Hitter mustache drawn
on
her
up
per
rrp
01/21/07, Clime stoppers flyers
were
obtained and handed to
Copper
City's Sergeant Brown for
distribution throughout the neighborhood_
01/2
3107. I contacted
Sergeant
W
eller
with
the
BS O's
SID and
obtarned
an
IP address for
the
{savecoopercity} website and found
that
the website belonged
to
_
01/24107. I forwarded Google a
s.lbpoena
for s t o r y and 6 elL as the
name-address
a n c t ~ ~ n g
to
the
subscriber_
02/1 9108
, I
received
infonnation
from Goog1e
that
the
subscriber
information requested
belongs
to
s v e c
o o p e r c r t y o m com and
that
the IP connection was a-eated on 12107/2007 at
01:53:47.1 222_
02120/0S, I
foiwaided
Google a subpoena requesting
the
IP address for the
savecoopercrty@gamaiJ
com_
03/18/08_ I received information,
from
Google, that the IP
address
for savecoopercity@qmail.
com
is 65.13.44.186 and a
chedc of
the IP address revealed that it be ongs to AT T Southeast
03120108, I forwarded AT T Southeast a subpoena and they provided
me
witti documentation
th
e listed
IP
address is registered to
John
Sims.
Note
:
John
SUns
is
a
ooper
ity
Commissioner.
03126/08, I called Commissioner Sims
and
explained to him that I was investigating a case
involving a hate crime that was
perpetrated
against
the
Cooper GitY Mayor's campaign
L
ori
Green.
Commissioner
Sims tokf me that
he
was aware
of
the incident
and
said
deplore that ldnd of activity, I
actually
believe
that.
reaJJy, I
th
ink that it
was
done by themselves,.
t.:
be honest wit
you_
I in f
ormed
Commissioner Sims,
that
my tnvestigation had led
me to
site
0 fv-.w
savecoopercrty.
blogspotcom) and
1hat
the
investigation revei.rled
that
he
(
SCls
)
is r .e
subscriber
of
the site_ Commissloner
Sims
admrtted
to
owning the blog-site and assured me
he had nothing to do with
th
e hate crime against the Mayor's
campaig
n manager
_
CASE STAl'US: CI
EXIC
UNF
CCN 10027 Date:
31311 8
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SHERJFF'S OFFICE -
BRO
ARD
COUNlY
, FLORIDA
Investigative Action RepQ rt
Case
: CCOB-01-0347
Zone
:
1606
Offense
:
Hate Crime
Comm issioner Sims
said
that
he
cfJd
not
COI1 UJ1it
the
crime and advised that
he could acco
unt for.
every
minute of my
time,
and
has
alibis
that
can prove
where he
was
,
during
the time
of
the
in
cident
C
ommiss
ion
er
Sims was questiOned regarding the anti-Semitic messages
on
his blog-site and
he
r
esponded that he is
not
the
only
pefSOO
with
access
to the web-site,
that
he does not have control
as to
who
posts such messages
and that
he does not condone that type
of
behavior.
Commi
ssioner
Sims advised me that he does not
see
what one
incident
has to
do with
the other.
However, Comm
issioner
Sims stated that
he
will fuDy cooperate
with
my investigation
advising me
that
he wiD ask
around and
attempt to gather information as to the identity of the
person
responsible for the hate crme. Commissioner
Sims
added
that
he would follow with me in a
coupteofdays:-
_____________ _ - --
03131/08, Commissioner Sims
did
not
ca
Q baclt a
nd
did
not
follow up with me regarOlflQ
this
matt
er.
(yesJno . 1 expiUn
whJ
or why not)
1. Has
the-identity
of he offender been dear1y estabtished? NIA
2
Has adequate information
to
support
an
arrest, charge.
and proseortion of the oi'Jender been
obtained?
NlA
3. Is
tne exact location
of
the
offender known so that he/she can be taken into cuslody immeOiateiy?
NIA
4. Are
tm re
reasons
beyond
Law
Enfotcement's
oonlrol that prevellt
the
arrest charging. and prosecution
of the
offender? NIA,
the
victim
decfines ID
prosecute_
5 H
as
all physral
evidenceltatent
evidence been
analyzed
and
evaluated
i1
an
effort
kl
develop
an
independent
ldenlffication
of
the
offender? NIA
6.
Have
al potential witnesses bee
n
re-interviewed in
M
effort to
reaffirm
the identity of the offender1 Hl
7 Has there been a check of
the
suspect's custody
s1atus
utilizing all da:taba ses to
indude
BSO
JMS
,
Aorida
Department of Corrections,
Department d
Juver.ae Justice,
and
NCJCJFac
kl
determine whether the suspect
was in custody
dwing
the times of the listed offense(s)?
NIA
8.
What is the primary o.4fense
and case mmbe '? NIA
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4/5/2011 10:31 AM FILED FOR RECORD
CFN. 20110216634 BOOK 27641 PAGE 155
Return To:
Richard J. Stone, Esq.
Richard J. Stone, P.A.
Tw
o Datran Center, Penthouse
1 A
9130 S. Dadeland Blvd.
Miami, FL 33156
IN RE:
Tiffi MARRIAGE OF
JOHN
SIMS, III,
Petitioner/Former Husband,
and
KATHARINA POERSCHKE,
Respondent/Former Wife.
DATE.04/05/2011
1 46
.
25
AM
HARVEY RUVIN CLERK OF COURT MIA-DADE
IN TIIE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE
11
TI-I
niDICI L CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA,
IN
AND FOR DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA
FAMJL Y DIVISION
CASE NO.:
91
-36013 FC 29
~ /
GREED FINAL JUD
GMENT
THIS C USE came on for hearing before the Court on November 2, 2010 before The
Honorable Alejandro Gamboa, designated hearing officer who thereupon, based upon the
testimony, evidence, admissions and agreements reached between the parties entered his Agreed
Recommended Order on the terms
of
the settlement agreed by the parties that was thereafter
ratified and approved by this Court s Counsel Order and Order on the Agreed Recomrnended
Order of hearing officer Gamboa on the terms of the settlement reached and agreed to between
the parties and based thereon and the Court being otherwise duly advised in the premises, it is
thereupon,
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CFN 20110216634 BOOK 27641 PAGE 156
MIAMI-DADE CIRCUIT COURT
FAMILY
DIVI
SION
CASE NO
.:
91-36013
FC
29
CONS
IDERED,
ORDERED
and
ADJUDGED:
I The Respondent/Former
Wife
, KATHARINA POERSCHKE ' S Verified Motion
as previous ly filed with this Court is granted as to the following. Respondent/Former Wife,
KATHARINA POERSCHKE, 8325 S.W. 97th Street, Miami, FL 33156, do have and recover of
and from the Petitioner/Former
Husband
JOHN SIMS,
III
8708
S.W
. 55 Street,
Cooper
City,
FL
33328-4324, the sum of Five-Thousand Seven-Hundred Fifty and 001100 ($5,750.00) Dollars
representing past due and unpaid child support payments from November 2008,
plus
the sum of
Twelve-Thousand Eight-Hundred Eighty-Four and 00/ 100 ( 12,884.00) Dollars for unpaid
daycare and medical expenses for the care and well being
of
the
pa
rtie
s '
minor child, for a total
due Respendent F-Ormer
Wif e
KATHARINA
POERS HKE
from
Defendant/Petitioner/Former Husband, JOHN SIMS, III of Eighteen-Thousand Six-Hundred
Thirty-Four and 00/ 100 ($18,634.00) Dollars, all total amounts are hereby found by the Coun to
be due in the nature
of
support and which total sum shall bear in ter
es
t
at
the rate
of 6%
pe r
annum until satisfied and for all of which let execution issue.
2. It is further ordered and adjudged that the judgment Defendant/Petitioner/Former
Husband,
JOHN
SIMS, III shall complete under oath Florida Rule
of
Civil Procedure Form. 1977
(Fact Information Sheet), including all required attadunents. and serve it on the judgment creditor's
attorney, Richard
1
Stone, Esq. at his address listed below within 45 days from
the
date
of
this Final
Judgment, unless the Final Judgment is satisfied
or
post-judgment discovery is stayed. The
2
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CFN. 20110216634 BOOK27641 PAGE 157
MIAMI-DADE CIRCUIT COURT
FAMILY DIVISION
CASE
NO.: 91-36013
FC
29
Judgment Defendant/Petitioner/Former Husband, JOHN SIMS, III shall also timely file a Notice
with the Clerk
of
the Coun,
with
a copy being sent to the Judgment Creditor Plaintiff s Attorney,
certifying compliance with having timely completed and mailed the
Fa
ct
Inf
ormation Sheet.
NOTICE AND WARNING is hereby given
to
the Defendant/Petitioner/Former Husband, JOHN
SIMS, that the failure to comply with the fo regoing shall be grounds for the Court to hold the
Judgment Defendant/Petitioner/Form
er
Husband,
JOHN
SIMS.
in
contempt
of
Co
urt. The
original
of
said Fact Information Sheet is hereby being mailed
to
the Defendant/Petitioner/Former
Husband, JOHN SIMS, at the address listed below, in conjunction with the mailing of the copy
of
this Final Judgment.
3 The Court hereby specifically reserves and retains jurisdiction
of
this case to enter
any further orders based upon either a Motion For Contempt, or any other Motion seeking
appropriate relief, in the event it
s
necessary to compel and order the judgr neRt
Defendant/Petitioner/Former Husband, JOHN
SIMS
,
III
to complete form
1.977,
including the
submission
of
all required attachments, and have it mailed and served on the judgment
creditors/P laintiff s attorney.
APR 04 2 11
DONE AND ORDERED at Miami, Dade County, Florida, on 011.
IR
liJTcOURTJUDGE
Copies furnished t
o: ltebert N.
Scola
The Honorable Alejandro Gamboa, Hearing Officer, Lawson E Thomas o u r t o u s dl n
t
n
N.
W
First Avenue,
Miami,
FL 33128
Respondent/Former Wife, KATHARINA POERSHKE, 8325 S.W. 97
t
Street, Miami,
FL
33156
Richard J Stone, Esq., Richard
J
Stone, P.A., Two Datran Center, Penthouse 1 A, 9130
S
Dadeland Blvd., Miami, FL 33156
Petitioner/Former Husband JOHN SIMS, III, 8708 S.W. 55 treet. Cooper City, FL 33328-4324
Russell Spatz, Esq. , 14707 s. Dixie Hwy, Suite 302. Miami, FL 33176
3
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STATE OF FLORIDA
FLORIDA ELECTIO
NS
COMMISSION
In
Re
:
John
B. Sims l l
Case ro.:
FEC
12-011
F.O. No.: FOFEC
CONSENT
FINAL ORDER
The Respondent, John B Sims l l ( R
es
pondent''), and the Florida Elections Commission
(Commission) agree that this Consent Order resolves
all
of the issues between the parties in this
case. The parties jointly stipulate to the following facts, conclusions of aw, and order:
FINDINGS OF
FACT
1
On
January
23,
2012, a complaint was filed with the Commission alleging that
Respondent violated Floridas election laws
2
n
or about January 23, 2013, Commission staff issued a Staff Recommendation,
recommending to the Commission that there was probable cause to believe that Respondent
violated the Florida Election Code
3 The Respondent has exp1essed a desire to enter into negotiations directed toward
reaching a consent agreement
4 The parties stipulate to the following facts:
a Respondent was elected to the Cooper City Commission, District One, in
the 20 0 election
b
As
a candidate for public office, Respondent was required
to
file periodic
reports of all contributions received and expenditmes made
in
connection with his
campaign Respondent was also required to certify that each campaign report was true,
correct and complete.
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t
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c Respondent filed several reports that were incomplete and falsely reported
information required to
be
reported in
accordance
with Chapter 106, Florida Statutes
d
During
his campaign, Respondent
accepted
a cash contribution
in
excess
ofthe legal limits
e After
being elected, Respondent made a contribution to
his own
campaign
for 140
f When Respondent filed his termination report on January 31, 2011, the
Swnmary Page reflected that Respondent received 27 7 more n contributions
than
be
made
expenditures
Respondent filed
his
amended Termination Report
n
May
, 2013
CONCLUSIONS
OF LAW
5 The Commission has jurisdiction over the parties
to
and subject matter
of
this
cause, pursuant to Section
106
26, Florida Statutes
6 Section 106 25(4Xi
)3,
Florida Statutes, allows the Commission
to
approve a
consent agreement with a Respondent pri 1
to
the Commission finding probable cause that a
violation of
the election laws occurred The
consent
agieement has the same force and effect as
a
consent agreement reached
after the
Commission
finds
probable
cause
7 The Commission staff and the Respondent stipulate
that
the
staff
could
pro
ve the
facts in paragraph 4 above and to the Commission's ability to impose a civil penalty
n these
cases
ORDER
8 The Respondent and the staff of
the
Commission have entered into this Consent
OrdeJ:
voltmtarily and upon
advice
of counsel
9 The parties shall each bear
its own
attorney fees and costs
that
are in any
way
Pagel of 4
FEC
1
2 0
Consent Order
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associated
with
this case
10 The Commission will consider
the
Consent Ordei at its next available meeting
1he
Respondent voluntarily
waiv
es
the
right
to any
further proceedings Wldei
Chapters 104, 106, and 120, Florida Statutes,
and
the right to appeal the Consent Order
12
This
Consent Order is enforceable tmder Sections 106 265
and 120
69, Flmida
Statutes The Respondent expressly waiv
es
any venue privileges and agrees that if enforcement
of this Consent Order
is
necessary, v
enue
shall
be
in Leon County, Florida, and Respondent shall
be responsible for all fees and costs associated with enforcement
13
f
the
Commission does
not
receive
the
signed Consent by June
2
,
2013,
the
staff withdraws this offet of settlement
and
will proceed
with
the case
14
Payment of the civil penalty
must
be
made
by cashier ' s check,
mone
y order, or
attorney trust
accoun
t
check
and
is
a condition precedent
to
the Commission s consideration of
the Consent Ordet 1he certified ftmds must be good for
120
days
N LTY
WH R OR
based upon the foregoing facts
and
conclusions
of
law, the
Commission
finds
that the
Respondent
has
violated Sections
106
01 5),
106 09(1), 106 141(1), and
106 19(1Xc), Florida Statutes, and is fined $1 ,800 for the violations
Therefore it is
OR ERE that
the
Respondent shall remit to the Commission a civil
penal
ty in
the
amount of $1,800 inclusive of fees and costs The ci
vil
penalty shall be
paid
by c s h i e i check,
money
order, or attorney trust account check The certified funds must be good for 120 days
The civil
penalty should
be made payable
to
the
Florida
Elections Commission, and sent
to
107
W Gaines Street, Collins Building. Suite 224, I allahassee, Florida,
32399-1050
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of
4
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John B Sims Ill
8708
SW 55
Street
t
Cooper City Florida 33328
/
\
Kevin
P Tynan
Richardson
y n ~ P L C
8142 North University Drive
Tamarac Florida 33321
The ommi ion staff he1eby
agrees
and
consents
to the
terms
of this
Consent
Order on
-
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Eric Lipman
General Counsel
Florida Elections
Commission
107 W. Gaines Stzeets
Collins Building Suite 224
Tallahassee F L 32399-1 5
Approved
by
the Florida Elections Commission
at its
regulru:ly scheduled meeting held
on
August 13-14 2013
in
I allahassee Florida
Copies furnished to:
Eric Lipman General Counsel
Kevin
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Tim Holladay Chairman
Florida Elections Commission
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VERIFIED
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
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JOHN SIMS, under penalty
of
per
jUly
verifies and says that the following information is
true and correct according to hls
best
knowledge and belief:
EMPLOYMENT
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INCOME
OCCUPATION:
EMPLOYED
BY:
ADDRESS:
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DATE
OF
BIRTH
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PAY PER IOD:
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OF
PAY
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UNEMPLOYED
NA
NA
NA
LAST YEAR'S INCOME
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2
4
JTOss earned income last calendar
ye;u
(2012)
ll
othe1 income (same
yeax
)
Total income taxes paid on above income
(m
el. Fed., FICA)
Net Income
AVERAGE GROSS MONTHLY
INCOME
FROM EMPLOYMENT
Present gross income from emt:Jleymtmt City Commission
Bonuses, commissions, allowances, overtime, tips,
and similar payments
Business income from
SOW'CeS
such
as
self-employment,
partnership. clo
se
corporations, and/or
independent contracts (gross receipts minus
ordinaty and necessary expenses required
to produce income)
Disability benefits
Workers' Compensation
Une mp
loyment Compensation
Pension, retirement, or annuity payments
Social Security benefits
Spousal support receiv
ed
from previous marriage
Interest and dividends
Rental income (gross receipts minus ordinary and
necessary
expenses requiied to produce
in
rome
Inco
me
from
royalties,
trust
or
estates
Reimbursed expenses and
in
kind payments to the
extent that they reduce personal living expens os
Gains derived fi:om deaHng in pl'Operty (not
including nonrecurring gains)
Itemize any other income
of
a recurring
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postmg
under fire
Coope
r Crty Commissioner Sims comment caDed racst Archrves Sun-Sentme'
Facebook posting
un
der fire ooper ity ommissioner Sims
comm
ent
called racist
South Ronda Sun - Sentinel - Fort Lauderdale Fla.
Author: Ca
rn
ey, Heather
Date Dec 6, 2012
Start Page: B.1
Section: Loca l
Document
Text
- A racially charged Facebook comment posted by a city commissioner IS sparking controversy among residents and
fom1er officials.
"Just wanted to let you know ... today
I
received my
13
Social Security Stimulus Package. It contained
two
tomato
seeds, cornbread mix, two discount coupons
to KFC
, an 'Obama Hope Change' bumper sticker, a prayer rug , a
machine to blow smoke up
my
ass and a 'Blame it on Bush' poster for the front yard. The directions were in Spanish.
Yours should arrive soon," read Commissioner John S
ims
'
comm
ent posted Friday.
Sims did not return
pho
ne and email messages from the Sun Sentinel on Wednesday.
The post received
19
"likes" and six comments supporting the statement before it was removed from the Facebook
page about noon Wednesday.
Cooper City resident James Jones, who is the Hollywood assistant police chi
ef
, said the state
ment
is demeaning and
racist toward African-Americans, Hispanics and Muslims.
Jones, who is white, wrote an email to the mayor and commissioners asking them to denounce S
im
s and request s
resignation from the commi
ss
ion.
"He is entrusted with a lot of power ... power to enact laws, ordinances, rules. and regulations. He 's entrusted with the
power to spend tax dollars," said Jones. "He's entrusted
with
too much
pub
lic power to harbor such feelings
of
racism
and anger."
Sims, who is known in the community for his conservative views, replied to Jones' email Wednesday
with,
I hope you
enjoyed it"
Gl
ad
ys
VVil
son, who has defended Sims before, said the commissioner has a great sense
of
h
umor
and wouldn't aim
insults specifically at any ethnic group. She called the
Fa
cebook post a "light-hearted
jok
e."
"There's always someone like James who wants
to
pick apart
what
someone says ... A d
umb
James Jones who sticks
his head up out
of
the mole hole,"
VVil
son
sa
id. I
wo
n't say [the comment] was appropriate
but
I won't say that
it
was
inappropriate.
But
fom1
er Cooper City Mayor Debby Eisinger,
who
often clashed
with
Sims, called the
comm
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