Trolls stain memory of slain son
on the case thought that was too much.
According to Pozner, Detective John Turek “yelled” at him during a “menacing” call, threatened to arrest him and triggered his diagnosed post-traumatic stress disorder.
“I took the post down immediately. I’m not butting heads with law enforcement. My work isn’t really about that, but it bothers me,” Pozner told The News. “Why shouldn’t people be shamed when attacking others this way? I have every right to take such action to deter others from harassing victims.”
Pozner filed a complaint against Turek with Boca Raton police and sent an email to the city’s mayor. He got a letter in late August saying an investigation found “no evidence” Turek violated department policy.
“At a minimum, I want Detective Turek sent for retraining,” Pozner said. “I was the victim of a really bizarre, false report, but he spun it around and turned me into the aggressor targeting her. Really all I did was post something in my defense.”
A police spokesman disagreed with Pozner’s position.
“This case was a suspicious incident and never became a criminal investigation,” Mark Economou told The News.
He said Turek warned Pozner he might be in violation of a cyberstalking statute if he didn’t leave the woman alone but also expressed “he was sorry for the loss of his son.”
There’s no question Pozner has received a crash course on criminal jurisdictions and the law while processing his personal pain.
In June, 57-year-old Lucy Richards of Florida was sentenced to five months in federal prison for death threats against Pozner.