SANFORD, Fla. — A 23-year veteran and former spokesperson for the Sanford Police Department was arrested Tuesday after being paid thousands of dollars for allegedly fake off-duty work shifts.

Ronny Neal, an investigator in SPD’s Professional Standards unit, was charged with 79 counts of official misconduct. That’s one for each alleged instance of fraudulently submitting timesheets containing off-duty work at Lofts at Eden apartments between October 2023 and July 2024

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    “He also was … our lie detector guy,” Smith said. “Imagine that.”

    If I had been subject to one of these tests at this department, I would be pole vaulting off this right into a courtroom.

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      They’re not admissible in court (because they’re bullshit), and are basically just a prop the police use to coerce confessions - so I’m doubtful that this would be cause for appeal